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01-12-2009, 10:46 PM #1
CA: Illegal trades daughter for beer, meat..gets stiffed
FOXNews.com
Man Allegedly Tries to Sell Daughter Into Marriage for Cash, Beer and Meat
Monday , January 12, 2009
AP
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GREENFIELD, Calif. —
Police have arrested a Greenfield man for allegedly arranging to sell his 14-year-old daughter into marriage in exchange for $16,000, 100 cases of beer and several cases of meat.
Police say they only learned of the deal after 36-year-old Marcelino de Jesus Martinez went to them to get his daughter back because payment wasn't made as promised.
Martinez was arrested Sunday on suspicion of human trafficking.
Officers also arrested 18-year-old Margarito de Jesus Galindo on suspicion of statutory rape. Investigators believe the girl went willingly with Galindo, but she's under California's legal age of consent and can't legally marry.
Police say arranged marriages involving underage girls have become a problem in this small Central Coast
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