Yatasto relay

Yatasto relay
Meeting of Manuel Belgrano and José de San Martín at Yatasto
DateJanuary 1814
LocationYatasto relay, Salta Province
ParticipantsManuel Belgrano, José de San Martín and the Army of the North
OutcomeManuel Belgrano hands the command of the Army of the North to José de San Martín

The Yatasto relay (Spanish: Posta de Yatasto) was the handover of the command of the Army of the North by Manuel Belgrano to José de San Martín, in January 1814, during the Argentine War of Independence. It is named after the Yatasto relay, a horse relay at the modern Salta Province, but modern historians consider it could have taken place elsewhere.