The Colombia Three have been freed after spending 34 months behind bars after being arrested on suspicion of training FARC rebels.

Lawyers for three men linked to the IRA who were convicted of using false passports said they would not pay a fine to secure their release from prison until Colombian authorities provide them with protection.

Lawyers for three Irish men who were convicted of using false passports said today they won’t pay a fine to free the men from prison until Colombian authorities provide them with protection.

The Colombian government was today urged to stop playing with the lives of three Irishmen acquitted this week of training Marxist rebels.

A group of Irish politicians and rights activists today blamed pressure by Colombia’s political and military establishment for the lack of a verdict in the trial of three IRA-linked men accused of training Marxist guerrillas.

A delegation was today flying to Colombia for a series of meetings with some of the country’s senior politicians about the fate of three Irishmen accused of training Marxist rebels.

THREE Irishmen detained in Colombia have been without visits from their legal team for over a week after they were secretly moved to a high-risk prison where their lawyers say they would be in fear for their own safety.

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.