Colombia Three are jailed

Three Irishmen linked to the IRA were jailed for up to 17 1/2 years in Colombia today for training communist rebels in terrorist tactics.

Caitriona Ruane, who heads the Bring Them Home campaign that sought the Irishmen’s release, said the Bogota court overturned an earlier decision clearing James Monaghan, Niall Connolly and Martin McCauley of terrorism-related charges.