El peruano Marcelino Abad Tolentino, conocido como ‘Mashico’, cumplió 125 años, según los registros oficiales de su país. Lo informó este domingo el Programa Nacional de Asistencia Solidaria Pensión 65, que celebró el onomástico de su afiliado más famoso.

De confirmarse su edad, no solo sería el hombre más longevo del mundo en este momento, sino que ostentaría el récord de longevidad registrado en un ser humano en poder de la francesa Jeanne Calment, fallecida en 1997 y que vivió exactamente 122 años y 164 días.

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“El nombre de Marcelino Abad Tolentino, conocido por todos como ‘Mashico’, trascendió las fronteras peruanas al convertirse en sinónimo de longevidad y resiliencia en el mundo”, señaló Pensión 65 en un comunicado.

Sin embargo, el Libro Guinness de los Récords aún no convalidó la edad de Mashico.

¿Quién es Marcelino Abad Tolentino?

El anciano vive hoy en el albergue Casa Hogar “Mis Abuelitos”, en el poblado de Cochachinche, en Huánuco, centro del país.

Según Pensión 65, Abad nació el 5 de abril de 1900 en esa misma comunidad, en el departamento central de Huánuco. Además, el programa estatal acompañó la información con fotografías de su documento nacional de identidad (DNI), que certifica esa fecha, así como de la celebración de su cumpleaños.

Pensión 65, que depende del Ministerio de Desarrollo e Inclusión Social (Midis), destacó que ‘Mashico’ “ha llamado la atención de millones de personas que desean saber qué hay detrás de su larga vida”.

“Siempre con una sonrisa inocente y un corazón inquebrantable, el hombre más longevo apaga 125 velitas junto a las personas que lo quieren, cuidan y valoran, en la casa hogar ‘Mis abuelitos’”, de Huánuco, afirmó.

Según el informe oficial, “Mashico” mide un metro con 30 centímetros, no sabe leer ni escribir y no tuvo esposa ni hijos. Incluso no se le entienda bien, ya que solo habla quechua y tiene dificultad para pronunciar las palabras.

Además, carecía de partida de nacimiento. “Nunca tuvo un empleo formal, ni un salario permanente, hasta el 7 de febrero del 2019, año en que se supo de su paradero”, afirmó el reporte. Entonces, las autoridades le tramitaron su documento nacional de identidad y le entregaron una pensión.

Pensión 65 no aclaró cómo se determinó su fecha de nacimiento.

¿Cuáles son los secretos de la longevidad de Mashico?

Abad aseguró que su salud se mantiene estable gracias a su alimentación, en base de frutas y verduras que desde joven cosechaba, un hecho que fue corroborado por el promotor de Pensión 65 de la Unidad Territorial de Huánuco, Misael Ayra.

“En el 2019 ubicamos a ‘Mashico’ en una zona alejada de Cochachinche, en una casa rodeada de un gran bosque. No tenía DNI y no podía acceder a ningún servicio del Estado”, señaló Ayra. Entonces funcionarios locales acompañaron al anciano durante el proceso de su acreditación oficial de identidad antes de incorporarlo al programa.

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La primera información sobre ‘Mashico’ se conoció en 2021, cuando en plena pandemia de covid-19 fue vacunado contra esa enfermedad en su casa de un pequeño caserío de los Andes, según informó en ese momento el Ministerio de Salud de Perú.

Para llegar hasta su vivienda, la brigada de vacunadores tuvo que caminar hasta tres horas por montañosos caminos rurales de difícil orografía.

Los récords vigentes de longevidad

En abril de 2024, el Ministerio de Desarrollo e Inclusión Social informó que realizaba las gestiones para presentar el caso de Abad ante el récord Guinness, para que sea reconocido como la persona más longeva del mundo. Pero hasta ahora no ha habido novedad.

El récord de longevidad lo ostenta la francesa Jeanne Calment, fallecida en 1997, que vivió exactamente 122 años y 164 días; le siguen la japonesa Kane Tanaka, que vivió 119 años y 107 días; la norteamericana Sara Knauss, con 119 años y 97 días de vida, y la también francesa Lucile Randon, con 118 años y 340 días.

(Con información de EFE)

The Trump administration has placed a Justice Department (DOJ) lawyer on leave for not «zealously advocating» its position in the case involving a Salvadoran man living in Maryland who was mistakenly deported last month. 

Attorney General Pam Bondi’s office placed Erez Reuveni, who argued for the government, in Friday’s hearing in which a judge ruled Maryland father Kilmar Abrego Garcia must be returned to the U.S. by Monday, on indefinite paid leave, Fox News has learned. 

«At my direction, every Department of Justice attorney is required to zealously advocate on behalf of the United States,» Bondi told the New York Times in a statement. «Any attorney who fails to abide by this direction will face consequences.» 

Fox News Digital has reached out to the DOJ for comment. 

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Reuveni on Friday admitted that Garcia’s deportation was a mistake, according to the New York Times. 

On Saturday, the Trump administration argued in an emergency appeal that U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis can’t force the administration to return Garcia to the U.S. 

Xinis on Friday ruled that the government must make arrangements to have Garcia back in the U.S. before Monday at midnight.

The Saturday emergency appeal seeks to temporarily stay Xinis’ decision until the government has time to properly appeal the ruling. 

«Late Friday afternoon, a federal district judge ordered the United States to force El Salvador to send one of its citizens – a member of MS-13, no less – back to the United States by midnight on Monday. If there was ever a case for an emergency stay pending appeal, this would be it,» the government wrote in the emergency appeal reviewed by Fox News Digital. 

The government also argued that it «does not have control over» Garcia now that he is in El Salvador. 

«Nevertheless, the court’s injunction commands that Defendants accomplish, somehow, Abrego Garcia’s return to the United States in give or take one business day,» the appeal said, calling it «indefensible.»

An undated photo shows Kilmar Abrego Garcia.  (Murray Osorio PLLC via AP)

The filing said that the judge «lacked the power» to require the government «on the clock, to try to force a foreign country to take a discrete action.»

It added, «Abrego Garcia has been found to be a member of a designated Foreign 3 Terrorist Organization, MS-13. Given that status, he has no legal right or basis to be in the United States at all.» 

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Xinis on Friday said that the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s March 15th expulsion of Garcia violated the Administrative Procedures Act, since it occurred without a judicial proceeding.

The Trump administration has acknowledged Garcia’s removal was an «administrative error,» but has also defended it, alleging that Garcia has ties to MS-13.  

«This individual is an illegal criminal who broke our nation’s immigration laws. He is a leader in the brutal MS-13 gang, and he is involved in human trafficking,» White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a briefing on Tuesday. 

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said all government lawyers are required to «zealously advocate» on its behalf.  (REUTERS/Nathan Howard)

«And now MS-13 is a designated foreign terrorist organization. Foreign terrorists have no legal protections in the United States of America. And this administration is going to continue to deport foreign terrorists and illegal criminals from our nation’s interior,» she added. 

An immigration judge five years ago said Garcia, who came to the U.S. illegally in 2011 and asked for asylum, could not be deported to his home country, over concerns he would become a victim of local El Salvador gang members.

His request for asylum was denied, but he was given protection from deportation and ICE didn’t appeal the decision. 

Garcia’s wife, Jennifer Vasquez Sura, who is a U.S. citizen, has vigorously campaigned for his return. 

Garcia had been working as a sheet metal apprentice in Maryland and was arrested in an IKEA parking lot on March 12 while his 5-year-old son was in the car. 

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His lawyers have argued the man had a Department of Homeland Security permit to work in the country, and strongly deny any gang affiliations. They also say that the government has given little evidence to back up its claim. 

There was no indication how the government would comply, since he is incarcerated in an El Salvador prison under that government’s custody.

Fox News’ Cameron Arcand and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Following Vice President JD Vance’s warning that Europe was at risk of ‘engaging in civilizational suicide,’ the continent has come under the microscope for largely failing to deal with mass migration from mostly Third World countries. Associated with that has been a massive rise in violent crime and a failing economy. 

Freedom of speech is under attack as many complain of a two-tier justice system and, making things even more problematic, Europe’s economy is not performing as expected. 
 

United Kingdom

The U.K.’s economy has remained stagnant for the last three years with no growth in per capita income. «The country has pathetic performance, says Ben Habib, chairman of the Great British Political Action Committee, and former co-deputy leader of Reform UK. «The U.K. has become even worse than Europe.»

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Migration is now a national talking point. Immigration increased to between 1.2 and 1.3 million in 2022 and 2023, up from around 800,000 before the pandemic. It’s causing friction.

«National togetherness is now being torn to shreds as unprecedented levels of mass migration transform parts of our country beyond recognition,» observed Conservative Party Member of Parliament Robert Jenrick in a column for the UK Conservative & Reformer Post. «We have imported ethnic and religious tensions, meaning that conflicts on the other side of the world play out on Britain’s streets.»

Earlier this week, the State Department said it was monitoring the case of a woman in Britain who was put on trial for holding a sign offering counseling to women outside an abortion facility in the United Kingdom. 

Fox News Digital reported the woman said, «Great Britain is supposed to be a free country, yet I’ve been dragged through court merely for offering consensual conversation … peaceful expression is a fundamental right—no one should be criminalized for harmless offers to converse.»

New Scotland Yard on October 2, 2008, in London, England. ((Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images))

Violent assaults have also marred many parts of the U.K., when compared to other members of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD.) Scotland topped the list with 1,487 assaults per 100,000 people, according to data from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. England and Wales ranked number three on the list with 730 violent assaults per 100,000 residents.

Fox News Digital previously reported that Britain was facing a free speech crisis due to the new left-leaning government, overzealous policing and courts cracking down on freedom of expression. Last August, the government warned its citizens to be mindful of posting content deemed offensive and threatened imprisonment. The Crown Prosecution Service posted a warning to social media platform X, which was amplified by the government’s official social media accounts, warning citizens, «Think before you post!»
 
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French President Emmanuel Macron arrives at the White House, Monday, Feb. 24, 2025, in Washington. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Photo)

France

France’s economy has expanded in each of the last four years, but the rate of growth slowed dramatically. France also has a high debt level that will make it hard for the economy to grow fast, Venetis says.

Migration is a continuing problem in France with an influx of 317, 000 immigrants from outside the EU in 2022, up from 222,000 in 2013.

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Right-wing politicians, such as those in the National Rally, are highlighting the friction that the influx of people who don’t want to integrate into French society. National Rally leader Marine Le Pen, who up until this week was a leading candidate for the country’s 2027 presidential election, was just given a two-year prison sentence by a French court, which found her and other party colleagues guilty of embezzling public funds. Le Pen called the sentence a ‘death sentence,’ and said she felt they were «only interested» in preventing her from running for president.

Violent assaults in France ranked near the middle of the OECD list with 310 cases per 100,000 in the population.

United States Vice-President JD Vance addresses the audience during the Munich Security Conference at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich, Germany, Friday, Feb. 14, 2025.  (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Germany

Germany’s economy has been in a recession for the last two years. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate increased to 6.3% in March, from 5.9% last April. That’s partly due to soaring energy prices and competition from China.

«People are not happy about the fact that unemployment is picking up,» says Konstantinos Venetis, an economist at TS Lombard. He also says the statistics mask many workers’ reduced paid hours on the job. «The amount of people on this status has gone up considerably.»

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Migration surged to 1.6 million non-EU immigrants in 2022, up from less than half a million in 2021.
Germany’s right-wing populist AfD party has pushed to deport migrants seeking asylum, and its message gained traction with voters during February’s national election, where it came in second with 20.7% of the vote. The winning conservative Christian Democrats party was forced to adopt stronger immigration policies as a result of AfD’s success with voters.

The country had a relatively high number of violent assaults, ranking sixth in the OECD list with 630 cases per 100,000 people.

Italy

Giorgia Meloni is seen during a press conference. Giorgia Meloni, leader of the far-right and national-conservative party Fratelli d’Italia (Brothers of Italy), commented on the party’s victory at the Italian elections, held on 25 September 2022, at Parco Principi Hotel in Rome. (Valeria Ferraro/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

The third-largest economy in the EU has grown every quarter since the end of the pandemic, although, like many countries, the rate of growth has slowed. 

At the same time, the debt level as a percentage of GDP dropped to 135% last year versus 138% in 2022 when Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni took over.

Meloni has been credited with her hard stance on illegal migrants. In 2024, the number of migrants totaled 67,317, down almost 60% from 157,651 the previous year. The drop is at least partly due a deal between Italy and Albania to enhance border controls, creating legal ways to immigrate and deterring illegal entry to the country. 

Violent assaults were low at 110 per 100,000 residents.

EUROPE’S BEST KEPT SECRET: POLAND, THE REGION’S ECONOMIC TIGER

Poland

Poland’s economy grew by 2.9% last year, slightly more than the estimated 2.8% growth in the U.S., all while beefing up its defense sector and housing an influx of Ukrainians due to the Russian-Ukrainian war.
«Poland is a powerhouse and has national pride,» Habib says. «It’s a phenomenal country.»

The country also has a low level of asylum requests of 9,513 and 17,038 in 2023 and 2024, respectively. That compares to 237,314 in neighboring Germany.

Polish farmers and other protesters gather in downtown Warsaw to protest the European Union’s climate policies and Poland’s pro-EU government, in Warsaw, Poland, on May 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Levels of asylum claims in Poland are likely to remain low as Prime Minister Donald Tusk doubled down on illegal immigration. Late last month (March) he temporarily suspended the rights of immigrants to claim asylum. 

«I believe that it is necessary to strengthen the security of our borders and the security of Poles,» said Poland’s President Andrzej Duda, who signed off on the bill, as reported by Euro News. 

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Poland had the lowest violent assault ranking in the OECD list at two cases per 100,000

Hungary

Hungarian Prime Minister and President of EU Council Viktor Orban speaks as he attends the League’s annual gathering in Pontida, north of Milan, Italy, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Hungary’s economy suffered a setback in 2023 but is now recovering, with growth of 0.4% in the fourth quarter of last year. Analysts at Trading Economics project that the country will grow by 2.7% next year and 3.6% in 2027.

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Migration from outside Europe has remained low at 57,000 in 2022 versus 45,000 in 2023. Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban recently tweeted: «Don’t be afraid to stand alone. When 26 others accepted mass migration, we built a fence and said no. Now, more and more PMs are saying exactly what Hungary said ten years ago—they’ve realized we were right.»

Violent assaults in Hungary ranked low with 124 cases per 100,000 people.

Fox News Digital’s Kristine Parks contributed to this article.