US EditionNarcos: Mexico's Manuel Masalva Details Being "Reborn" After Weekslong Coma From Sudden Infection
DUBAI, MIDDLE EAST, JUL 8 – Manuel Masalva spent 105 days hospitalized after emergency surgery and a coma caused by an aggressive bacterial infection, with updates shared directly with fans on social media.
- Mexican actor Manuel Masalva, known for Narcos: Mexico, spent 105 days hospitalized in Dubai in 2025 after contracting an aggressive bacterial infection.
- His illness started with intense abdominal pain just two days following his arrival in the UAE on March 18, which led to emergency surgery on March 26 and placement in a medically induced coma the following day.
- The infection rapidly spread to his lungs, severely compromising his breathing and requiring mechanical ventilation while doctors adjusted antibiotic treatments.
- Masalva shared on social media he feels "blessed, strong, reborn, and accompanied," expressing deep gratitude to God, family, doctors, and supporters amid ongoing recovery.
- Supporters raised more than one million pesos through a GoFundMe and benefit events, yet no schedule has been provided regarding when he might return to Mexico, suggesting that his recovery is still ongoing.
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The Mexican has issued a statement on his social networks: 'I am awake and the light has been raining ever since.'
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"Today is 105 days, but I am awake, and the light has been raining down since. 81 [days] it took for me to breathe fresh air," he wrote on his Instagram.Alexander Tamargo/Telemundo/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Manuel Masalva backstage at the Watsco Center in Coral Gables, FL on September 23, 2021Manuel Masalva, the Mexican actor who starred as Ramón Arellano Félix on Netflix's Narcos: Mexico, is sharing a positive health update after being placed i…
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arcamax.comManuel Masalva of 'Narcos: Mexico' 'reborn' after 105 days in hospital
'Narcos: Mexico' actor Manuel Masalva shared his first public message in a Monday Instagram post after spending 105 days at a Dubai hospital following a severe bacterial infection.
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