Man accused of selling daughter for cash, beer

[WriteDown]

Source: AZCentral

GREENFIELD, Calif. - Police have arrested a Greenfield man for allegedly arranging to sell his 14-year-old daughter into marriage in exchange for $16,000, 100 cases of beer and several cases of meat.

Police said they only learned of the deal after the 36-year-old man went to them to get his daughter back because payment wasn't made as promised. The man was arrested Sunday on suspicion of human trafficking.

Officers also arrested an 18-year-old man on suspicion of statutory rape. Investigators believe the girl went willingly with the man, but she's under California's legal age of consent and can't legally marry.

Police say arranged marriages involving underage girls have become a problem in this small Central Coast farming community.

Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/articles/2009/01/13/20090113odd1-CR.html

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Wonder if it was for imported or domestic.

[Xithras]

1. Not unheard of anymore.

I've been through Greenfield and it's 90% hispanic (not an exaggeration by any means). A huge percentage of the population is first generation Mexican and Central American immigrants, and they bring with them many values and traditions from their rural roots. Some of them are good (sense of family, etc), and others not so good (bride prices, a statewide resurgence in cockfighting). California isn't the only state having issues like this either.

What we need is a massive education campaign targeted at these hispanic communities to kill off these "traditions".

[Auggie]

2. Welcome to California...

word will get around... eventually.