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Originally posted by kimish
I'm sure that in time more information will be made available.
When I first heard this I honestly thought this happened in England or surrounding areas because of all the child sex grooming that we're hearing about over there.
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.
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.
Police are trying to be culturally sensitive, Grebmeier told CNN, but "when I'm in Mexico, I have to respect Mexican laws. When you're in the United States, you have to respect United States laws. That's the bottom line.
He said he wanted to send a message to immigrant communities that such behavior is unacceptable. He said his department has long heard rumors of children as young as 12 being sold or offered for sale. The Greenfield police statement said arranged marriages between young girls and older men "have become a local problem."
Originally posted by TheSubversiveOne
reply to post by kimish
Sick. I don't understand the motives at all. Simply sickening.
When I first heard this I honestly thought this happened in England or surrounding areas because of all the child sex grooming that we're hearing about over there.
You did mention "rifle" correct? And England was the first thing that came to your mind?
Originally posted by stumason
reply to post by kimish
To be honest with you, the OP did make it sound like you believe England (not the UK as whole, but specifically England.. weird..) is some cesspit of child sex perverts....
There have been a handful of cases of the past couple of years of small groups of Asian men plying underage white trash teenagers with booze and drugs in order to get their ends away. That doesn't mean it happens all the time, which is the impression you gave in your OP.
We hear stories from the US that would, if you were of limited intelligence, give the impression that the US is like Beirut and you run the risk of being gunned down merely going to the shops...
We all know this isn't true and those of us with sound mind would never say otherwise or feel the need to put something like that, or even hinting at it, in a post.