Overview
- The sculpture was completed and opened to the public on December 31 without an official inauguration, with only artist Óscar Ortega onsite for final touch-ups.
- After multiple postponements over nearly two years, Mayor Norma Alicia Bustamante imposed a non-extendable December 31 deadline that the project met.
- Local reporting cites a budget exceeding 6 million pesos, including 1.5 million pesos paid to the artist.
- Activist Fernando Magdaleno alleges months of denied or delayed responses to formal requests for contracts, procurement details and spending, including claims of explicit instructions not to answer.
- Officials have said much of the funding came from private businessmen, but reporting notes the sources and terms have not been transparently disclosed, with some exterior work and waterproofing still slated for early 2026.