The Ninth Civil Court of the Metropolitan Area of Caracas admitted a constitutional protection and consequently ordered the La Lagunita Country Club Civil Association to refrain from prohibiting Jaime Alfredo Cárdenas Echenagucia from entering the stable of said establishment accompanied by his two French bull dog breed assistance dogs, as well as the two miniature horses necessary for his therapies aimed at mitigating autism spectrum disorder.
The aforementioned civil court also orders La Lagunita Country Club to guarantee access to the facilities of the aforementioned establishment to the other members of the Cárdenas Echenagucia family group “and to make use of them due to the rights granted by action number 383.”
Such a decision is contained in file AP11-0-FALLAS-2025-000113 opened by the Ninth Civil Court of Caracas headed by Judge Carolina García Cedeño. This ruling is the response to a Constitutional Amparo action filed by the Cárdenas Echenagucia family represented by lawyer Juan Ernesto Garantón.
In the writ of protection, Garantón alleged that La Lagunita Country Club has violated “constitutional guarantees and rights” by denying entry to the aforementioned place to Jaime Cárdenas, with his dogs and miniature horses required for his therapies.
Such refusal began to occur between September and October 2025. La Lagunita argued at that time that the internal regulations prohibit the possession of these animals in the stables and other spaces of the club. In this regard, the Cárdenas family responds in the writ of protection that “they have always had equine specimens in the stables, currently having 6, among them a miniature horse for the therapy, sport and recreation of Jaime Cárdenas, diagnosed with the autism spectrum.”
When issuing its decision in favor of the Cárdenas Echenagucia family, the civil court established that, if this measure of allowing the entry of the dogs and horses for Jaime’s therapy had not been granted, “damages that were difficult or impossible to repair for the complaining party could have been generated, violating subjective rights, so, for whoever decides here, such circumstances suggest the existence of a situation that warrants the use of precautionary power.”
In that sense, lawyer Juan Ernesto Garantón warned about the existence of a circumstance that remains and that is the autistic condition of Jaime Cárdenas, the main person affected by the measures taken at the time by La Lagunita Country Club. “For that reason, the precautionary measure issued by the civil court, ordering the Lagunita Country Club to allow the entry of the animals for Jaime’s therapy, is valid and should not be revoked. It is an act of humanity,” reflected Garantón.
For his part, Jaime Cárdenas recorded a video thanking the Judiciary for the measure granted. In the audiovisual material, where Jaime is seen with a miniature horse, he warns that La Lagunita intended to remove the equine specimens this month, contravening the decision of the Ninth Civil Court of Caracas. ”I call on the Attorney General’s Office and the courts to continue defending our rights,” Cárdenas concludes, according to a video posted on his Instagram account.
