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Man Sells Daughter For Meat

Categories: Weird but true

Times are tough, my friends, but not this tough.

A Greenfield, Calif. man allegedly sold his 14-year-old daughter into marriage in exchange for cash and -- get this -- meat. The man supposedly bartered the girl for $16,000, 100 cases of beer and some meat. Police arrested Marcelino de Jesus Martinez, 36, on suspicion of human trafficking. The 18-year-old, Margarito de Jesus Galindo, who "bought" the teen has also been arrested, on charges of statutory rape.

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But wait! That isn't all! The dad called the cops on the guy he sold his kid to, complaining that the dude never paid up. Then he asked police to help him get the girl back.

While the girl claims she went "willingly" with the man, who is also her neighbor, California law dictates that she is too young to consent to the union. And no, this wasn't an arranged marriage of the cultural sort. Nope, this one was all about cold, hard cash. And beer.

And meat.

I don't even know where to start on this one. So how about this? I sure understand that cash is hard to come by these days, but maybe when you look around your house for stuff to sell, you should choose, say, your TV. Not your child.

I know I threaten to sell my kids to gypsies now and then (but never in public), but I can't even imagine what kind of person would place a monetary value on his baby girl.

Or better yet, who would think buying her was OK. Let's hope child services steps up to the plate on this one.

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