Colombian necktie
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A Colombian necktie, also known as the Italian necktie, Cambodian necktie or Cuban necktie, is a method of execution where the victim's neck is slashed (with a knife or other sharp object) and their tongue is pulled out through the open wound. It was a popular method of killing during the Colombian history period called La Violencia that started in 1948 after the leader Jorge Eliecer Gaitan was murdered.
The Colombian Necktie is sometimes erroneously credited as having been invented by reputed drug kingpin Pablo Escobar, but this infamous method of killing was already present since 1950, during La Violencia in Colombia's civil war, it was performed on enemies as psychological warfare meant to scare and intimidate those who later encountered the body.[1][2]
A Colombian Necktie can also refer to another act in which the victim is castrated and choked to death with his own genitals.
