Dispatches

The Colombian Connection (2002x3)

: 26, 2002

Documentary investigating why three Irishmen with strong IRA links were arrested in the summer of 2001 in an area of Colombia controlled by the narco-terrorist group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). Reporter Sandra Jordon looks into the background of the three men, interviews former FARC operatives and learns how FARC appear to have adopted IRA military tactics as evidence of the IRA's involvement in global terrorism grows.