Posted on 01/25/2010 8:06:27 PM PST by Feline_AIDS
(CNN) -- A California man sold his 14-year-old daughter to an 18-year-old man for cash, beer and meat -- then called police when the prospective bridegroom didn't live up to his end of the deal, authorities said Tuesday.
Marcelino de Jesus Martinez faces felony charges, according to police in Greenfield, California.
Marcelino de Jesus Martinez, 36, of Greenfield, California, was arrested Monday and booked into the Monterey County Jail, Greenfield police said in a statement. He faces felony charges of receiving money for causing a person to cohabitate, police said.
Martinez had arranged through a third party to have his daughter marry the older teenager, identified by authorities as Margarito de Jesus Galindo, of Gonzales, California. In exchange, Galindo was to pay Martinez $16,000 and provide him with 160 cases of beer, 100 cases of soda, 50 cases of Gatorade, two cases of wine, and six cases of meat, Greenfield Police Chief Joe Grebmeier told CNN.
All those involved in the case are from the western Mexican state of Oaxaca, the police chief said. In the Oaxacan community, such an agreement is "normal and honorable," he said. "In California, it's against the law."
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If there had been 480 limes on the list that would have been a reasonable assumption ...
I think we saw this awhile ago. I remember the story. And yes too many unanswered questions & journalism is dead, dead, dead.
Wow, I got a pretty good deal on my wife...
Good one!
I’d hit that steak.
Sorry, I was being a beer snob for snob sake. Nothing personal.
I am sure that the locals don’t drink Corona as it is all marketing here in the US. Just like the Dutch don’t sit around drinking that horse piss Heineken. American marketing can sell anything they want.
Sorry, you aint in Old Mexico anymore. We do things a tad different up here in the US of A. Better get used to it or else. Are they illegals? My guess is yes.
Nah....R.O.P dads simply kill their daughters after they start dating.
Didn’t think he was a WASP.
Selling your 14 year old daughter for food isn't morally objectionable?
Treating people like property isn't a moral outrage?
The issue should be the moral outrage FIRST, and the fact that it's illegal is secondary.
What the heck is wrong with you?
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Wow.
Not often I get a Slings and Arrows plus a Wagglebee ping on the same thread.
Reminds me of the old story:
A country bumpkin and his bride to be showed up at the preacher’s house, all dressed and ready to marry...tux and wedding dress with veil on...unannounced.
After expliaining to the preacher they decided to get married spur of the moment, the preacher agreed to perform the cerimony. He wedded them in a matter of minutes.
“What do i owe ya, preacher?” the man asked.
“Whatever you think it’s worth,” the man of God replied.
The bumpkin reached in his pocket and gave the preacher 50 cents.
“You may kiss the bride,” the preacher announced. The man lifted his new bride’s veil for the first time.
The preacher looked at the bride and gave back 25 cents.
Okay. That’s kind of funny.
Okay. That’s kind of funny.
Well I am sort of a beer snob, I’m Irish :-)
If you can see clearly through the beer I generally don’t drink it.
Cash.....................16,000...........16,000
Corona(24 ct)......26.99 x 160......4,318
Coca-Cola (48 ct).29.98 x 100......2,998
Gatorade (24 ct)...41.99 x 50.......2,099
Arbor Mist (12)....40.12 x 2...........80
Meat depends on market prices
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