context: In 1955, he wrote a series of newspaper stories about a shipwrecked sailor who nearly died on account of negligence by the Colombian Navy; several of his colleagues drowned shortly before arriving at the port of Cartagena de Indias due to the existence of overweight contraband aboard the vessel.
source: This resulted in public controversy, as it discredited the official account of the events, which had blamed a non-existent storm for the shipwreck and glorified the surviving sailor.
reference_original: Esto dio como resultado una controversia pública, ya que desacreditó el relato oficial de los eventos, que había culpado a una tormenta que no existió del naufragio y glorificado al marinero sobreviviente.
reference_flipped: Esto dio como resultado una controversia pública, ya que desacreditó el relato oficial de los eventos, que había culpado a una tormenta que no existió del naufragio y glorificado a la marinera sobreviviente.