State to assist any bid to extradite Colombia Three

Shaun Connolly, Political Correspondent

State to assist any bid to extradite Colombia Three

The comments by Foreign Affairs Minister of State Conor Lenihan came as the trio remained at liberty as gardaí moved to send files on them to the Director of Public Prosecutions.

But legal experts queried the Government’s “grandstanding” stance, pointing out there was no extradition treaty between the Republic and Colombia and little confidence in that country’s legal system.

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