Overview
- The transfer was carried out on February 7 with a guarded removal from the Museo Histórico Nacional and a handover led by President Javier Milei during the San Lorenzo commemoration.
- After the event, the original returns to the Regimiento de Granaderos’ Palermo barracks for exhibition, while a replica remains on display at the museum.
- Federal Judge Macarena Marra Giménez rejected a precautionary injunction from Rosas–Terrero descendants seeking to stop the move, though the underlying case continues.
- Museo Histórico Nacional director María Inés Rodríguez Aguilar resigned over the decision, highlighting broader institutional and scholarly objections.
- The government cites the regiment’s historical link and stronger security—referencing thefts in 1963 and 1965—while critics argue the shift breaches patrimonial norms and donor intent; public visits at the regiment begin February 8 with free entry.