From the ‘you can NOT be serious’ department:
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.
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.
It’s like some seriously warped Schwan’s nightmare.
“…the cultural nuances in the story were being overlooked by the crude outline of a "selling-a-14-year-old for beer...
The real picture is the cultural clash," he said. In an arranged Oaxacan wedding, the $16,000 would be considered the bride's dowry, and the food and drink would be supplies for the wedding party.”
If that’s a dowry, that’s my kind of party.
