Fisherman Who Survived 438 Days At Sea Being Sued by Family of Deceased Crewmate for Cannibalism!!!

Castaway, Salvador Alvarenga and his buddy, Ezequiel Cordoba (inset).

Oh man, this is so cray cray, I can't believe it. A 36 yr old fisherman, Salvador Alvarenga, who survived 438 days at sea, is being sued by the mother of his crew mate for cannibalism of her son during the trip. Salvador paid Ezequiel Cordoba $50.00 to go on a 2 day fishing trip from Mexico in November 2012. While on the trip, a huge storm came in and knocked out their radio communications and washed their provisions overboard. The boat then drifted further and further out to sea,  where the 2 fishermen survived on fish and birds that they caught and they drank rainwater and turtle blood. (Eww!)

Then one day, Ezequiel got really sick after eating some of the flesh of a bird they caught. On further inspection of the bird, they found a poisonous sea snake in the belly of the bird. Ezequiel died shortly after that. And Salvador befriended the corpse and for the next 6 days sat and had many conversations with it. But then one day he woke up and realized that he was going mad by talking to the dead corpse and threw it overboard.

438 days and 6,700 miles later Salvador washed up on the Marshall Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. Where he was found by a couple walking along the beach. The couple took him in and nursed him back to health. He was returned to El Salvador and then he went and talked to the mother of Ezequiel and explained to her what had happened. I am pretty sure, no where in his account of the tragic trip did he confess to consuming her deceased son, but some how, Ezequiel's mother did. However, Ezequiel's mother now claims that after Ezequiel died, Salvador ate parts of his corpse. (EEEWWWW!!!)

The family’s lawsuit comes on the heels of the October release of Alvarenga’s book 438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea.The Cordoba family is seeking $1 million US dollars. Yeah, good luck with that one.(NOT) hahahaha


Everyone thinks that Salvador is stacking his cash from the sales of his book, however, nothing could be further from the truth!. Unfortunately for Salvador, the book has only sold 1,500 copies so far in the United States and is not selling well in South America either. Salvador thinks the lawsuit is a ploy from Cordoba's family to force him to split the proceeds from the book sales. You cannot get blood from a turnip. I hate greedy people.