Colombian necktie

A Colombian necktie is a method of execution wherein the victim's throat is slashed (with a knife or other sharp object) and his or her tongue is pulled out through the open wound. Its origin coincides with the outbreak of La Violencia, the Colombian civil war which began in 1948 with the murder of leader Jorge Eliecer Gaitan.^{[citation needed]}

The Colombian necktie is sometimes erroneously credited to drug kingpin Pablo Escobar, who was known more for his preference for burning victims while they hung upside-down,^{[citation needed]} but this infamous method of assassination was documented as early as 1950. It was intended as a method of psychological warfare, meant to scare and intimidate.^[1][2]

See also

• Glasgow smile

References

1. ^ Fichtl, Eric (August 2005). "Contested Country: An Examination of Current Propaganda Techniques in the Colombian Civil War". Colombia Journal. Archived from the original on 2008-03-12. http://web.archive.org/web/20080312162526/http://www.colombiajournal.org/contested_country.htm. Retrieved 2009-07-15. 
2. ^ Bowden, Mark (2001). "Chapter 1". Killing Pablo. Atlantic Monthly Press. ISBN 0-87113-783-6. http://partners.nytimes.com/books/first/b/bowden-01pablo.html. Retrieved 2009-07-15.