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Verdict in Colombia
Three Trial Due in February

By Irish America Staff
December / January 2003

December 1, 2002 by Leave a Comment

A verdict in the case of three Irishmen accused of training FARC guerrillas in Colombia is expected to be handed down in February, but campaigners for the three insist that they will never get a fair trial in the war-tom country. Martin McCauley, James Monaghan and Niall Connolly have so far failed to attend the hearings, which are continuing in Bogotá. The men have refused … [Read more...] about Verdict in Colombia
Three Trial Due in February

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