A 14-year-old girl was sold into marriage by her father to an 18-year-old guy named Margarito Galindo. The reason for the marriage? Galindo was instructed to pay Marcelino Martinez (the girl's father) $16,000 in cash, 160 cases of beer, 100 cases of soda, 50 cases of Gatorade, 2 cases of wine and six cases of meat. Apparently all those involved were from the Mexican state of Oaxaca, where such a deal would be honorable and legal. Unfortunatley for them, in California, its not. The marriage was arranged through a third party, and the daughter moved in with Galindo, but her father called the police when the payment was not delivered. According to authorities, the girl went willingly but a marriage never took place. Galindo and Martinez did involve in sexual relations though. The Greenfield, California police are now trying to spread awareness to the large Oaxacan community that arranged marriages between young girls and older men are NOT okay in the United States.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/01/13/daughter.for.sale/index.html?iref=mpstoryview
El Fin
14 years ago
1 comment:
that's say story but not suprised
cause it happens all the time around the world
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