14-year-old daughter sold into marriage in Greenfield, father arrested

KSBY-TV
updated 1 minute ago

Monday, January 12, 2009

Reported by: Kelly Bush

Police have arrested a Greenfield man they say arranged to sell his teenage daughter into marriage in exchange for money, beer, and meat.

Greenfield is just north of King City.

The man was arrested Sunday when investigators say he asked them to get his daughter back because payment was not made as promised.

Investigators say the man tried to sell his 14-year-old daughter to an 18-year-old man for $16,000, 100 cases of beer and several cases of meat.

The 18-year-old was arrested on suspicion of statutory rape.

Police say arranged marriages involving underage girls are a problem in the farming community.




http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28628660/

Outrageous!!!!

Glad I don't have a daughter there - my ex would be on that like flys on... Excuse me, it's no laughing matter... It amazes me what people are willing to do just for some damn money !!!

HILLBILLIES...............

That's no father.

The human race disgusts me.

How damned stupid can some people be!!!!!!

just sad ...

I am a peace, love and harmony kinda gurl but this stuff ticks me off ...

Father Accused Of Selling Daughter For Beer
Police: Man Called Police After Not Getting Payments

POSTED: 10:46 am PST January 12, 2009
UPDATED: 6:40 pm PST January 12, 2009

GREENFIELD, Calif. -- A father is accused of trying to sell his 14-year-old daughter for marriage in hopes of getting money and 150 cases of beer in return, Greenfield police said.

Macelino de Jesus Martinez, 36, was arrested Monday on suspicion of trying to arrange to have his daughter marry Margarito de Jesus Galindo, 18, for $16,000, 100 cases of Corona, 50 cases of Modelo beer, several cases of meat, two cases of wine, 50 cases of Gatorade and 50 cases of soft drinks, authorities said.

The girl moved in with Galindo and when payments were not received, her father called police to get his daughter back.

Greenfield Police Chief Joe Grebmeier told KSBW Action News 8 that both Martinez and Galindo, who are immigrants from Mexico, face the possibility of being deported as illegal immigrants.

Grebmeier also said that both men didn’t fully understand that what they were doing was wrong.

Also, the girl told police that she willingly moved in with Galindo.

Arranged marriages are common in the section of Mexico where both Galindo and Martinez are from.

But California law prohibits arranged marriage where one or both of the parties have been coerced.

Galindo was arrested and booked into the Monterey County Jail on suspicion of statutory rape, and Martinez was arrested and booked on suspicion of receiving money for causing a person to cohabitate.

Grebmeier said that there have been rumors of arranged marriages taking place in the Greenfield area before, but that this was the first arrest concerning the act of human trafficking in the city that he knows of.

The case will head to the district attorney’s office Tuesday.

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I hope to hell they both get long prison terms before being deported!!!!

You know, as awful as this sounds, after reading the article, apparently it's part of thier culture. Many cultures expect money & gifts to be exchanged for a bride.

"When in Rome do as the Romans"

When you leave your own country to reside in another you follow the laws of that country.



Especially if you are there illegally and expect to stay under the radar!!!!!

I wasn't saying it was right, I was just pointing out that it's common in other cultures. I don't want this to turn into a immigration thread, they always get deleted.

Me neither. But even culturally. When you choose to reside in another country if parts of your culture are counter to the laws of the nation you choose to reside in then you don't practice that part of your culture.

Goats.
Young strong goats, for milking and breeding, then later for roasting.
You can make good drums from the hides.
Goats increase your wealth more than beer and money.

I think its the first time her married one of his daughters off. He will do better with the next one.

Been that way for thousands of years.
The goats I mean.

Keep waving the Palestian flag!

http://www.middle-east-info.org/gateway/womenchildabuse/#pedophilia

Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khomeini's Religious Teachings on Marriage, Divorce and Relationships (Parvin Darabi, USA-based Dr. Homa Darabi Foundation website, Jun 10, 2006: "A man can marry a girl younger than nine years of age, even if the girl is still a baby being breastfed. A man, however is prohibited from having intercourse with a girl younger than nine, other sexual act such as forplay, rubbing, kissing and sodomy is allowed. A man having intercourse with a girl younger than nine years of age has not comitted a crime, but only an infraction, if the girl is not permanently damaged. If the girl, however, is permanently damaged, the man must provide for her all her life. But this girl will not count as one of the man's four permanent wives. He also is not permitted to marry the girl's sister."





http://www.mererhetoric.com/archives/11273039.html

The growth of political Islam in the Gaza Strip turns out to be somewhat less than progressive:

A hitherto unknown group calling itself the Just Swords of Islam issued a warning to Palestinian women in the Gaza Strip over the weekend that they must wear the hijab or face being targeted by the group's members... The warning was directed primarily against female students in a number of universities and colleges who do not cover their heads in line with Islamic tradition. The group said its followers last week threw acid at the face of a young woman who was dressed "immodestly" in the center of Gaza City... Addressing female students, the group said: "We will have no mercy on any woman who violates the traditions of Islam and who also hang out in Internet cafes." According to the group, its members used rocket-propelled grenades to attack 12 Internet cafes and a number of music shops in different parts of the Gaza Strip.

I come from the land of hill billys, and even that makes me sick. We can marry cousins, but selling your children is insane o_O

WHERE DO YOU SEE A PALESTINIAN FLAG ANYWAY?

I see your goats and raise you cows!

More milk, more meat, more durable leather.