Overview
- Officers flagged an outsized, wrapped item that could not pass the X-ray during checked-baggage screening for a flight to Buenos Aires.
- The traveler said the piece was a gift and described it as a print, then provided a contact who acknowledged acquiring it in Peru.
- Judge Sebastián Argibay ordered preventive seizure and placed the piece under the local museum’s care for examination by the provincial cultural heritage directorate.
- Investigators are assessing stylistic traits linked to the Cusco school and will determine authenticity, provenance and any breach of Argentina’s Law 25.743.
- The woman remains free and continued her trip as authorities probe potential illicit export and evaluate paths for restitution if wrongdoing is confirmed.