Overview
- Decree 81/2026, published in the Boletín Oficial, revokes a 2015 measure and assigns permanent custody of the curved saber to the Regimiento de Granaderos a Caballo at its Palermo headquarters.
- The regiment becomes responsible for the artifact’s preservation, security and integrity, with the government referencing thefts in 1963 and 1965 as justification for the change.
- Museo Histórico Nacional director María Inés Rodríguez Aguilar resigned following the decree, leaving the institution without its top official as the transfer proceeds.
- Descendants of the donors have turned to the courts seeking to block the removal from the museum, with legal filings reported and potential judicial review pending.
- A ceremonial handover is planned for February 7 in San Lorenzo; media report the President intends to attend, while cultural and academic critics question public access and note the Granaderos museum is closed for renovations.