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The Narco Heritage: Mauro Gelvez, the Son of the Yaqui Who Grew up Between Bullets and Drugs

Summary by El Sol
Mauro Jesús Gelvez did not have many options. Born on March 20, 2003 and based on a neighborhood near the settlement Campo Papa, he dragged from the cradle a fate marked by violence, drugs and weapons. Son of Sandra Jaquelina Vargas (48), alias La Yaqui (the most feared narco chief in the west of Godoy Cruz) and of the now deceased Cristian Mauricio Gelvez — linked to violent crimes and shot at in early 2014— Mauro inherited more than a surname:…
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Mauro Jesús Gelvez did not have many options. Born on March 20, 2003 and based on a neighborhood near the settlement Campo Papa, he dragged from the cradle a fate marked by violence, drugs and weapons. Son of Sandra Jaquelina Vargas (48), alias La Yaqui (the most feared narco chief in the west of Godoy Cruz) and of the now deceased Cristian Mauricio Gelvez — linked to violent crimes and shot at in early 2014— Mauro inherited more than a surname:…

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El Sol broke the news in on Thursday, July 3, 2025.
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