{"id":1296,"date":"2009-01-15T12:09:18","date_gmt":"2009-01-15T19:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2009\/01\/you-daughter-for-a-few-burgers-and-some-beer\/"},"modified":"2009-01-15T16:30:04","modified_gmt":"2009-01-15T23:30:04","slug":"you-daughter-for-a-few-burgers-and-some-beer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2009\/01\/15\/you-daughter-for-a-few-burgers-and-some-beer\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Daughter For a Few Burgers and Some Beer"},"content":{"rendered":"

from the San Jose Mercury News<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Deal to sell daughter for beer, cash part of Mexican culture<\/h1>\n

By LARRY PARSONS – MEDIANEWS<\/p>\n

Posted:\u00a001\/13\/2009 06:55:33 PM PST<\/p>\n

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The story of the Greenfield man who allegedly sold his 14-year-old daughter to a young suitor for cash and beer went worldwide, and the police chief who ordered the arrest said Tuesday the incident arose from a clash of cultures.<\/p>\n

The social mores in parts of rural Mexico, where arranged marriages are common for young girls, ran head-on into California law designed to protect juveniles from sexual predators.<\/p>\n

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“It’s kind of a clash of two different cultures, but I have to uphold the local law,” Greenfield Police Chief Joe Grebmeier said.<\/p>\n

The case involves a father, Marcelino DeJesus Martinez, 36, a young male neighbor, Margarito DeJesus Galindo, 18, and Martinez’s 14-year-old daughter who Galindo sought to marry.<\/p>\n

Police said the young man and girl spent a week together in Soledad, the girl having gone along willingly, after a marriage deal was brokered that called for Martinez to receive $16,000, 150 cases of beer, 150 cases of soda and Gatorade, and several cases of wine and meat.<\/p>\n

Police said Martinez first reported the girl as a runaway in an apparent effort to get their help in having her returned because the young man hadn’t paid.<\/p>\n

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