Trial of Colombia Three 'a farce'

THE trial of three Irishmen accused of training FARC guerrillas in Colombia was described as a farce as it entered its final phase yesterday.

Caitriona Ruane, spokeswoman for the campaign to bring the men home, said the trial had been unfair from the beginning.

Niall Connolly, aged 36, James Monaghan, aged 56, and Martin McCauley, aged 40, were arrested at Bogota International Airport almost two years ago as they returned from a demilitarised zone in Colombia.