By Danny Morrison www.dannymorison.com
In a flawed but open court, attended by international monitors, where evidence was heard and witnesses cross-examined, the Colombia Three were acquitted of all of the charges of training the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) by Judge Jairo Acosta in August 2004. Before they were released, however, Colombia’s attorney-general, Luis Camilo Osorio, launched an appeal against their acquittal.