The three Irishmen charged with training FARC rebels in Colombia have been ordered back to a notorious jail in the capital, Bogota, while the court decides their fate.

Two politicians tonight withdrew from a visit to the trial of three Irish men arrested in Colombia on suspicion of training FARC guerillas.

Members of the Daíl should not attend the trial of three Irish men arrested in Colombia on suspicion of collaborating with Farc guerillas, it was claimed today.

Five Oireachtas members are to travel to Colombia next month to oversee the trial of three Irishmen held there.

It is reported one of the three Irishmen being held in Colombia on charges of training guerrilla rebels has been moved to a separate prison.

Campaigners for three Irishmen being held in Colombia are travelling to Bogota this weekend to mark the first anniversary of their imprisonment.

The detention of three Irish men in Colombia, whose trial date has been set for October, has been described as nothing short of internment by remand.

Gerry Adams has said that he may not attend a hearing in the US over the alleged involvement between the IRA and guerilla militants in Columbia.

A US Congressional committee is asking Sinn Fein’s Gerry Adams to appear and answer questions about alleged IRA activities in Central America.

The three alleged IRA members being detained in Colombia, today protested their innocence.