Dad pleads not guilty in sale of daughter case


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The Associated Press
Thursday, February 12, 2009; 8:41 AM

SALINAS, Calif. -- A California man has pleaded not guilty to aiding statutory rape in an alleged arrangement to sell his 14-year-old daughter into marriage in exchange for $16,000, beer and meat.

The prosecutor says 36-year-old Marcelino de Jesus Martinez entered pleas Wednesday to procuring a child for lewd acts, aiding and abetting statutory rape and child endangerment.

Trial is set for April 6. Martinez is in jail on an immigration hold. He lives in Greenfield, a farming community on California's central coast.

Prosecutors say Martinez and the family of Margarito de Jesus Galindo had negotiated a marriage and dowry contract.


Authorities learned of the deal after Martinez went to police to get his daughter back because payment wasn't made as promised.


Ndipe's comment: In pre-colonial times in Nigeria, wouldnt this act be sanctioned by the society at large?

I doubt that they are mexicans sha but I may be wrong. They might be colombians cause I know they still do the dowry stuff over there

I have changed my mind, a man paying dowry to his bride's family is not a bad thing. It symbolizes his position as the caregiver in the family.

Ndipe:

I have changed my mind, a man paying dowry to his bride's family is not a bad thing. It symbolizes his position as the caregiver in the family.

Outstrip:

I doubt that they are mexicans sha but I may be wrong. They might be colombians cause I know they still do the dowry stuff over there

I shouldn't be laughing but these comments are down right funny

i c nothing wrong in it (except the childs age too yng), isn't  it the same thing Africans do w/their daughters?