Overview
- A consular act dated October 8, 1920, found in the Uruguayan Consulate’s Buenos Aires records, states Carlos Gardel was born in Tacuarembó on December 11, 1887.
- Researchers from the Comisión Gardel Rioplatense located the folio in November 2025, obtained a notarial certification, and say the paper underpinned Gardel’s later Argentine documentation.
- Uruguayan authorities are expected to oversee peritajes of ink, paper, filigree, handwriting, seals, and annotations to verify authenticity.
- Several Argentine specialists caution the act records a personal declaration rather than independent proof of birthplace and urge full archival and forensic corroboration.
- The group behind the find plans to seek international recognition through inter‑American human rights bodies, while the longstanding Toulouse birth hypothesis remains part of the debate.