Return of the 'Colombia 3'

Madam, - Vincent Browne's article about the "Colombia Three" (Opinion, August 17th) is the first piece of reasoned commentary…

Madam, - Vincent Browne's article about the "Colombia Three" (Opinion, August 17th) is the first piece of reasoned commentary I've read on the matter. It seems obvious to me that the appeals court in Colombia made a political decision when it overturned the original trial's not guilty verdict.

To return these men to Colombia or imprison them in Ireland on the basis of that decision would be unfair in the extreme, irrespective of our suspicions regarding the purpose of their visit to Colombia. - Yours, etc,

MICHAEL WALSH, Oliver Plunkett Road, Monkstown, Co Dublin.