Death of Commander Mario
Comandante Mario (Osler Panduro), the first General Commander of the Eastern Front of the MRTA in Ucayali, died in September 1989 from peritonitis. His death provoked a major organizational crisis that led to the slow disappearance of the Eastern Front.
Commander Mario, whose real name was Osler Panduro, was the first General Commander of the Eastern Front (FO) of the MRTA in Ucayali, a position he held between 1988 and 1989. In September 1989, he died of peritonitis. His death generated a major organizational crisis in the Eastern Front that led to its slow demise. Comandante Mario had been responsible for visiting various communities such as Colonia del Caco, Curiaca, Santa Rosa de Sheshea and Nueva Alianza de Sheshea since 1988, where he asked the natives to organize themselves.