Overview
- Midis confirmed Monday that Marcelino Abad Tolentino, known as “Mashico,” died at age 125 in a group home in Huácar, Ambo, in the Huánuco region, days before his April 5 birthday.
- Officials attributed the death to age-related causes after recent breathing problems linked to weather shifts, while local reports cited possible pulmonary fibrosis and pneumonia.
- Midis and the Pensión 65 program sent a team to support those close to him, and Social Inclusion Minister Lily Vásquez Dávila offered condolences.
- Pensión 65, a state aid program for older adults, found him in 2019 without identity papers and worked with the civil registry Reniec to secure his ID and enroll him in services.
- A local priest said he will be buried Wednesday in Cochachinche, where residents have held a wake for a man many in Huánuco regarded as a symbol of resilience and long life.