Observers travel to Bogota as Colombia Three trial resumes

THE trial of three Irishman accused of assisting South American left-wing guerrillas to develop deadly mortar bombs resumes today after months of delay.

Observers from the United States, Australia and Ireland, including two Oireachtas members, travelled at the weekend to Colombia for the resumption of the long-running, and frequently disrupted, trial. James

Monaghan, Niall Connolly and Martin MacCauley are accused of assisting the FARC guerrillas and travelling to the South American hotspot on false passports.