Overview
- The First Constitutional Chamber of Lima’s Superior Court granted a precautionary measure that suspends the effect of article 229.6 authorizing mounted deployment in crowd-control operations.
- The suspension targets only the regulation’s reference to “mounted” units for crowd control and leaves other police functions intact.
- The order takes immediate, provisional effect and will remain in force until the Supreme Court rules on the main case.
- The ruling passed by majority, with judges Tapia González and Ordoñez Alcántara in favor and judge Cueva Chauca dissenting.
- The court cited animal-welfare risks under Law No. 30407 and ordered the Police General Directorate to be formally notified, warning of disciplinary or prosecutorial consequences for noncompliance.