Couple Nabbed for Trying to Sell Baby Girl via Facebook

Police sources revealed on September 18, 2013, Wednesday that a couple who tried to sell their two-year-old daughter via Facebook has been arrested in the northeastern Brazilian city of Recife.

A police spokesman in Recife told the press that the toddler's biological parents were arrested and jailed late Tuesday after failing to post bail set at $6,666 each.

The little girl was sent to the city's child protective services.

The police spokesman also added that the 23-year-old mother wanted to use the money to travel to Europe for prostitution. The 40-year-old father of a girl did not comment on their cruel intention.

The couple has been reported to authorities after reaching a monetary agreement for the transaction on Facebook between them and social workers from Campina Grande in Paraiba state in Brazil, who posed as customers.

"I am relieved to have changed the future of this child," one of the social works said, who initially thought the case was a joke.

She had agreed to meet the couple outside a metro station in suburban Recife and to turn over $666 in cash plus a portable computer in exchange for the girl.

Under the deal, she was due to pay an additional $890 in 10 installments.

The couple was arrested during the transaction. Police confirmed the father of the child did not participate in the negotiations on Facebook, but was present during the delivery and held the girl in his arms.