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09-07-2025
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Narcos: Mexico 's Manuel Masalva Details Being "Reborn" After Coma
Originally appeared on E! Online Manuel Masalva is awake and on the mend. Three months after he was placed in a medically induced coma due to an aggressive bacterial infection, the Narcos: Mexico star spoke out for the first time. 'I am healing," he wrote on Instagram July 7 in a message translated from Spanish. "I want to profoundly thank you all for the support you have given me and continue to give me, in every sense, every one of you." Though Masalva noted that his road to recovery "has barely begun," the 43-year-old feels "blessed, strong, reborn and well-accompanied" as he faces his next chapter. He continued, "God has given me a new life.' Masalva's medical ordeal started around March 18, when he "began to feel internal discomfort and pain" after arriving in Dubai from the Philippines, his manager Jaime Jaramillo Espinosa previously told the Los Angeles Times. Jaramillo Espinosa said doctors diagnosed Masalva with a bacterial infection, prompting the actor to undergo emergency surgery on March 26. One day later, the infection reached his lungs and he was put into a medically induced coma, according to the manager. More from E! Online Camp Mystic Survivor, 13, Details "Hysterical" Scene During Texas Flood Kris Jenner Celebrates Granddaughter Penelope Disick's 13th Birthday With Sweet Photos General Hospital's Kirsten Storms Announces Leave of Absence From Show After Nearly 20 Years Masalva remained in critical condition throughout April, his friend Mario Morán shared on GoFundMe at the time. "The bacteria has already been detected," Morán, who's also an actor, wrote in an April 3 update. "He's on antibiotics, and we're waiting for him to begin to improve." In his first social media post since his illness, Masalva said, "I don't know if I really understand all of what's going on or just a part of it, it's been an eternity and there are still some parts missing." "I just want to give the strongest thanks that I can give to God, my family, my doctors and all those people that have supported me since the start of this process," he added. "I owe you all my life." For more celebrities speaking out about their own health ordeals, read on. Brian Austin Green's Perforated AppendixAdam Devine's Long-Term Injury From Childhood AccidentJason Tartick's Back InjuryCasey Fitzgerald's Neck Injury From Hockey Skate BladeMatt Kirschenheiter's Heart AttackTracy Morgan's Medical EmergencyChristy Carlson Romano's Eye InjuryAmy Schumer's Cushing SyndromeHailey Bieber's Blood ClotJustin Bieber's Ramsay Hunt SyndromeJamie Foxx's Brain Bleed & StrokeEmilia Clarke's Brain AneurysmCori Broadus's StrokeShailene Woodley's Health Battle For the latest breaking news updates, click here to download the E! News App
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09-07-2025
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Manuel Masalva of 'Narcos: Mexico' 'reborn' after 105 days in hospital
Mexican actor Manuel Masalva is on the road to recovery after contracting an aggressive bacterial infection in March that left him in a medically induced coma for weeks. In his first social media post since the onset of his illness, the "Narcos: Mexico" actor updated his followers on his current health status via Instagram on Monday evening. "I am healing. I want to profoundly thank you all for the support you have given me and continue to give me, in every sense, every one of you," Masalva wrote. "This [process] has barely begun, there is much more left to go, but I feel blessed, strong, reborn and well-accompanied. ... God has given me a new life." Read more: 'Narcos: Mexico' actor Manuel Masalva in medical coma after bacterial infection Masalva first felt the onset of an ailment when he arrived in Dubai in March, following a trip to the Philippines, revealing that he ended up spending 105 days in the Dubai hospital that first treated him for his prolonged illness. The actor first arrived in the Middle East city on March 18, his manager Jaime Jaramillo Espinosa told The Times in April. '[After] about two days in Dubai, Masalva began to feel internal discomfort and pain which increased by the day,' Jaramillo Espinosa said. On March 26, Masalva underwent emergency surgery after doctors discovered the bacterial infection, which prevented him from traveling back to his home in Mexico. The following day, the infection reached his lungs and he had to be put into a medically induced coma. Read more: 'Narcos' vs. narco novelas: In Latin America's cartel TV shows, a compelling complexity Masalva thanked the Dubai hospital staff for their work and for the distinct culture that "overflowed with love and spirituality." "I don't know if I really understand all of what's going on or just a part of it, it's been an eternity and there are still some parts missing, I just want to the strongest thanks that I can give to God, my family, my doctors and all those people that have supported me since the start of this process. I owe you all my life," he wrote. Masalva played the role of Ramón Arellano Félix in the Netflix drama series 'Narcos: Mexico,' alongside Diego Luna, Bad Bunny and Scoot McNairy. He has also been featured on the telenovela 'La Rosa de Guadalupe' and recently in the series 'La Guzmán.' Get our Latinx Files newsletter for stories that capture the complexity of our communities. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
