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(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 Tuesday.
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."
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