Castaway Salvador Alvarenga Sued For $1 Million For Eating His Dead Pal

Salvador Alvarenga, the castaway who was stranded in the Marshall Islands last year, was sued with $1 million for allegedly eating his dead pal, Ezequiel Cordoba, in order to survive ashore for 15 months. The family of the deceased accused the survivor of cannibalism to stay alive.

According to Daily Mail, the fisherman wandered about 6,700 miles away from the coast of Mexico. He was sailing a boat, together with his 22-year-old comrade, when it was destroyed by a strong storm.

The El Salvador resident shared what he had been through as he was adrift. He said he survived by drinking his urine and turtle's blood and by eating birds and fish, which he caught with his own hand.

Later, he also told the story of how his companion died because of hunger, where his decomposing body was left on their boat's box for six days. However, it was reported that the family of Cordoba are asking Alvarenga for $1 million for settlement, as they asserted that their relative was a victim of cannibalism.

Additionally, Daily Mail added that Ricardo Cucalon, Alvarenga's lawyer, told the El Salvador's El Diario de Hoy newspaper that his client opposed the accusations by saying that he threw his confidant's lifeless body into the sea.

The counsel also claimed that the family's lawsuit was filed just after Alvarenga launched his memoir that told the misery he had experienced.

"I believe that this demand is part of the pressure from this family to divide the proceeds of royalties. Many believe the book is making my client a rich man, but what he will earn is much less than people think," he said.

Mirror noted that Alvarenga has been making noise after it was revealed that he managed to stay afloat for about a year and a half. Surprisingly, the mishap seemed didn't affect him much, as he failed to even suffer from a sunburn. In fact, the event made him strong.

He underwent a series of tests to see if he was truly in fine condition and doctors have found him to be in very good shape. However, they saw that he had a spinal injury and needed to undergo physiotherapy.

Alvarenga shared that he almost gave up as no one tried to help, even though some big ships saw him. He even added that he was talking to God and said: "I always had faith in God that I was going to live, asking Him every day, every night."

Watch Alvarenga's story by HLN.