Dan Buckley traces the arrest and detention of the men who became known as the Colombia Three.

THE IRA is linked to two detailed explosive manuals found in the possession of Marxist rebels in Colombia, a army major yesterday told the trial of three alleged IRA men accused of training the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC.

The three Irishmen arrested in Colombia almost two weeks ago have been moved from a military barracks to one of the most notorious prisons in South America.