Wiki: A Colombian necktie (Spanish: corbata colombiana) or tie-cut (Spanish: corte de corbata) is a form of execution or post-mortem mutilation in which the victim's tongue is pulled through a deep cut beneath the jaw and left dangling on the neck. It first appeared in Colombia during the period known as La Violencia (1948–1958) as a method of psychological warfare designed to scare and intimidate.[1] It was one of several documented types of public mutilation in the conflict used to terrorize people away from their land. Others included killing a pregnant woman, extracting the fetus and placing it on her body and replacing it with a rooster; stuffing the genitals of dead men into their mouths; and the "flower-vase-cut" where the victim's limbs were cut off and stuffed into their torso. The methods served to dehumanize victims, as can be seen in terms used by perpetrators such as bocachiquear and picar para tamal, which refer respectively to the preparation of fish and tamales.[2][3]

Its invention is sometimes erroneously attributed to drug kingpin Pablo Escobar.[4] 𝗗𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗢. 𝗝. 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗽𝘀𝗼𝗻, 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘄𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗱𝗿𝘂𝗴 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗴𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗽𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗻𝗲𝗰𝗸𝘁𝗶𝗲, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗱𝘂𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲.[5][6]