José Salvador Alvarenga
Salvadoran fisherman and author
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José Salvador Alvarenga is a Salvadoran fisherman and author who was found on January 30, 2014, aged 36 or 37, on the Marshall Islands after spending 14 months adrift in a fishing boat in the Pacific Ocean beginning on November 17, 2012. Wikipedia
Born: 1975 (age 49 years), Ahuachapan, El Salvador
Nationality: Salvadoran
Parents: María Julia Alvarenga and José Ricardo Orellana
Children: One daughter
Disappeared: November 17, 2012; On the coast of Costa Azul, Pijijiapan, Chiapas, Mexico
Known for: Surviving 14 months at sea in a fishing boat with another man (Ezequiel Córdoba) who died during the voyage
Other names: Cirilo