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Colombia Three, the Glossary

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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.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 46 relations: Alex Maskey, Amnesty, Ardfheis, Arrest warrant, Attorney General of Colombia, Barrack buster, BBC News, Belfast, Bogotá, Caracas, Charlie Bird, Coiste na nIarchimí, Colombia, County Armagh, County Donegal, County Down, County Dublin, Cuba, Dáil Éireann, Dublin, El Dorado International Airport, Fernando Tapias Stahelin, Garda Síochána, Glenageary, IRA Army Council, London, Lurgan, Madrid, Michael McDowell (politician), Newpark Comprehensive School, Newry, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland peace process, Provisional Irish Republican Army, Republic of Ireland, Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, Royal Ulster Constabulary, RTÉ, Sinn Féin, Spanish language, Special Criminal Court, Special Jurisdiction for Peace, Suspended sentence, The Guardian, Trinity College Dublin, Upper Bann (Assembly constituency).

  2. 2001 in international relations
  3. Colombia–Ireland relations
  4. FARC
  5. Fugitives wanted by Colombia
  6. Irish republicans imprisoned on charges of terrorism
  7. Trials in Colombia

Alex Maskey

Alex Maskey (born 8 January 1952) is a former Northern Irish politician who served as Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly from 2020 to 2024 and was the first member of Sinn Féin to serve as Lord Mayor of Belfast from 2002 to 2003. Colombia Three and Alex Maskey are Provisional Irish Republican Army members and republicans imprisoned during the Northern Ireland conflict.

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Amnesty

Amnesty is defined as "A pardon extended by the government to a group or class of people, usually for a political offense; the act of a sovereign power officially forgiving certain classes of people who are subject to trial but have not yet been convicted." Though the term general pardon has a similar definition, an amnesty constitutes more than a pardon, in so much as it obliterates all legal remembrance of the offense.

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Ardfheis

Ardfheis or ard fheis ('high assembly'; plural ardfheiseanna) is the name used by many Irish political parties for their annual party conference.

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Arrest warrant

An arrest warrant or bench warrant is a warrant issued by a judge or magistrate on behalf of the state which authorizes the arrest and detention of an individual or the search and seizure of an individual's property.

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Attorney General of Colombia

The Attorney General of Colombia (Attorney General of the Nation) is the head of the Attorney General's Office of the Nation of Colombia and the principal law enforcement official.

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Barrack buster

Barrack buster is the colloquial name given to several improvised mortars, developed in the 1990s by the engineering unit of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA).

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BBC News

BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world.

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Belfast

Belfast (from Béal Feirste) is the capital city and principal port of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan and connected to the open sea through Belfast Lough and the North Channel.

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Bogotá

Bogotá (also), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá during the Spanish Colonial period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital and largest city of Colombia, and one of the largest cities in the world.

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Caracas

Caracas, officially Santiago de León de Caracas (CCS), is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas).

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Charlie Bird

Charles Brown Bird (9 September 1949 – 11 March 2024) was an Irish journalist and broadcaster.

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Coiste na nIarchimí

Coiste na nIarchimí (Ex-Prisoner's Committee) is an organisation founded in 1998 to facilitate the reintegration of Irish Republican released prisoners of The Troubles.

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Colombia

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with insular regions in North America.

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County Armagh

County Armagh is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland and one of the traditional thirty-two counties of Ireland.

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County Donegal

County Donegal (Contae Dhún na nGall) is a county of Ireland in the province of Ulster and in the Northern and Western Region.

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County Down

County Down is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the traditional thirty-two counties of Ireland.

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County Dublin

County Dublin (Contae Bhaile Átha Cliath or Contae Átha Cliath) is a county in Ireland, and holds its capital city, Dublin.

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Cuba

Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba, Isla de la Juventud, archipelagos, 4,195 islands and cays surrounding the main island.

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Dáil Éireann

Dáil Éireann is the lower house, and principal chamber, of the Oireachtas (Irish legislature), which also includes the president of Ireland and a senate called Seanad Éireann.

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Dublin

Dublin is the capital of the Republic of Ireland and also the largest city by size on the island of Ireland.

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El Dorado International Airport

El Dorado International Airport is an international airport serving Bogotá, the capital of Colombia, and its surrounding areas.

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Fernando Tapias Stahelin

Fernando Tapias Stahelin (born July 14, 1943 - † September 27, 2015) was a General (retired) of Colombian Armed Forces.

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Garda Síochána

The italic (meaning "the Guardian(s) of the Peace") is the national police and security service of Ireland.

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Glenageary

Glenageary (Gleann na gCaorach, meaning "Glen of the Sheep") is an area in the suburbs of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland.

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IRA Army Council

The IRA Army Council was the decision-making body of the Provisional Irish Republican Army, a paramilitary group dedicated to bringing about independence to the whole island of Ireland and the end of the Union between Northern Ireland and Great Britain.

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London

London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.

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Lurgan

Lurgan is a town in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, near the southern shore of Lough Neagh and roughly southwest of Belfast.

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Madrid

Madrid is the capital and most populous city of Spain.

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Michael McDowell (politician)

Michael McDowell (born 1 May 1951) is an Irish independent politician and barrister.

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Newpark Comprehensive School

Newpark Comprehensive School is a mixed, Church of Ireland, state comprehensive secondary school in Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland.

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Newry

Newry is a city in Northern Ireland, standing on the Clanrye river in counties Down and Armagh.

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Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann; Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland that is variously described as a country, province or region.

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Northern Ireland peace process

The Northern Ireland peace process includes the events leading up to the 1994 Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) ceasefire, the end of most of the violence of the Troubles, the Good Friday Agreement of 1998, and subsequent political developments.

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Provisional Irish Republican Army

The Provisional Irish Republican Army (Provisional IRA), officially known as the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and informally known as the Provos, was an Irish republican paramilitary force that sought to end British rule in Northern Ireland, facilitate Irish reunification and bring about an independent republic encompassing all of Ireland.

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Republic of Ireland

Ireland (Éire), also known as the Republic of Ireland (Poblacht na hÉireann), is a country in north-western Europe consisting of 26 of the 32 counties of the island of Ireland.

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Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People's Army (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de ColombiaEjército del Pueblo, FARC–EP or FARC) is a Marxist–Leninist guerrilla group involved in the continuing Colombian conflict starting in 1964. Colombia Three and Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia are FARC.

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Royal Ulster Constabulary

The Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) was the police force in Northern Ireland from 1922 to 2001.

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RTÉ

i (Radio Television of Ireland; RTÉ) is an Irish public service broadcaster.

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Sinn Féin

Sinn Féin is an Irish republican and democratic socialist political party in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.

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Spanish language

Spanish (español) or Castilian (castellano) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin spoken on the Iberian Peninsula of Europe.

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Special Criminal Court

The Special Criminal Court (SCC; An Chúirt Choiriúil Speisialta) is a juryless criminal court in Ireland which tries terrorism and serious organised crime cases.

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Special Jurisdiction for Peace

The Special Jurisdiction for Peace (in Spanish: Jurisdicción Especial para la Paz, JEP), also known as Special Justice for Peace, is the Colombian transitional justice mechanism through which FARC members, members of the Public Force and third parties who have participated in the Colombian armed conflict are investigated and put on trial.

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Suspended sentence

A suspended sentence is a sentence on conviction for a criminal offence, the serving of which the court orders to be deferred in order to allow the defendant to perform a period of probation.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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Trinity College Dublin

Trinity College Dublin (Coláiste na Tríonóide), officially The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, is the sole constituent college of the University of Dublin, Ireland.

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Upper Bann (Assembly constituency)

Upper Bann (Ulster Scots: Ower Bann) is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.

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See also

2001 in international relations

Colombia–Ireland relations

FARC

Fugitives wanted by Colombia

Irish republicans imprisoned on charges of terrorism

Trials in Colombia

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombia_Three

Also known as Colombia 3, The Colombia Three.