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 BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Colombia is demanding that Ireland hand over three Irish Republican Army-linked fugitives convicted of supporting terrorism in this South American country. The trio unexpectedly turned up in Ireland after eight months on the run.
The fugitives' public re-emergence on Friday plunged the Northern Ireland peace process into disarray. There was suspicion the three returned to Ireland because they felt authorities would not deport them in light of the IRA's recent pledge to completely disarm.
Colombia's vice president insisted Friday that Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern has the "legal and moral obligation" to extradite the men, even though the two countries do not have an extradition treaty.
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