The Colombia Three are three men – Niall Connolly, James Monaghan, and Martin McCauley – who are currently living in the Republic of Ireland, having fled from Colombia where they had been sentenced to prison terms of seventeen years in 2003 on terrorism charges for training FARC rebels. The incident came during a crucial time in the Northern Ireland peace process and risked damaging it.[1] The three were granted amnesty by a Colombian special court in April 2020. On 16 December 2022, the Special Jurisdiction for Peace revoked the amnesty citing that the trio had not fully divulged the truth about their trip to Colombia in 2001.[2]
- ^ "Trio's trip to jungle costs IRA dear". The Guardian. 18 August 2001. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
- ^ "Colombia revokes amnesty it granted to alleged IRA bomb-making trio". the Guardian. 16 December 2022. Retrieved 16 December 2022.