A case for the removal of the 10-kilometer (6.2-mile) wall -- over two meters (6.5 feet) high in some parts and topped with barbed wire -- was brought by a private citizen in 2018.A first section of the wall was erected in the 1980s under the pretext of protecting the affluent neighborhood of La Molina from the Shining Path guerrilla group, considered a terrorist organization in Peru.With the group defeated, the wall was extended, however, in the 2000s, this time ostensibly to prevent illegal land occupation.Thousands fled Shining Path violence, others came looking for work."We have made a unanimous decision, that the wall that separates La Molina and Villa Maria del Triunfo (an impoverished neighborhood) has to be torn down," Judge Gustavo Gutierrez told RPP radio on Thursday."