Marcelino de Jesus Martinez

I ask you, does this look like a man who would allegedly sell his teenage daughter into marriage for $16K, 160 cases of beer, 100 cases of soda, 50 cases of Gatorade and some meat?

And then call the police when the groom doesn't pay up?

Hat Tip: Many thanks to Frank The Totally Awesome, Matt and everybody who sent this one in.

Comments

[Tim]

naw he looks more like a 200 cases of beer kind of scumbag

[ComicBookRealm.com]

Daughter to Dad: "Is that all I am worth to you?"

Funny thing is that this is normal and legal in Mexico.

[KC Vet]

Heh, Don't forget the TWO cases of WINE!

He wanted it ALL!

What an IDIOT! I hope they take real good care of him in PRISON!

[Banana]

It is called a dowry. Very normal in many countries, and was even normal procedure for many in colonial America.

[Banana]

Well, maybe this was different. I just saw that he was trading her for the goods. Usually, in the case of a dowry, the parents give the goods to the suitor who is willing to take their daughter.

[Savoyee]

"He faces felony charges of receiving money for causing a person to cohabitate."

Wasn't that his problem, he DIDN'T receive the money. lol

[Hellion]

thats all, at least he didnt stipulate he gets the Food Stamps too, man!

[spicolli]

No, no, senoir, that's not going to cut it, you throw in 50 cases of Gatorade and some meat, then we have a deal.

[Twinky]

"Funny thing is that this is normal and legal in Mexico."

You are a xenophobic idiot for saying something like that. Maybe somebody should put your post and website URL on a bunch of Mexican websites and we can see how that works out.

[doggydaddy]

Hey, the Old Testament says he can. I think he got a pretty good price for her... ;-)

[NEW]

Is that wrong?

[Kelly]

Sometimes I want wine really bad, too.

[Dan]

Twinky, I don't think that CBR was trying to be a xenophobe. The story states-

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.

[HALAPENO DAN]

If you all only knew his daughter......ICHEWAWAAAAAAAA!!!!!

[Tim]

LOL halapeno dan

[ComicBookRealm.com]

Twinky-

The story keeps getting edited. When I first read it yesterday...the police chief said just that, and that it is illegal in America.

Now they have removed that entire paragraph and toned it down a lot.

Don't blame me because I am only commenting on what the news is reporting.

[Searching]

No, but he looks like a guy who needs 160 cases of beer, 100 cases of soda, 50 cases of Gatorade and some meat

[1MadJack]

What kind of meat?? Prime Rib, T-Bones, Ribeyes, Filet Mignon?? Of course if his daughter looks like him he probably got soup bones.