Colombian necktie

English Alternative forms en Colombian necklace Etymology First attested in 1981: en Colombian, from its frequent use as a method of intimidation during La Violencia (circa 1948–1958) + en necktie, from the resulting macabre resemblance of the victim's tongue to that of a necktie as it dangles over the chest. Noun A method of execution in which the victim’s throat is slashed vertically, then his tongue is pulled out through the gaping wound toward the sternum, after which the victim usually dies of asphyxiation or blood loss. en 1981 David Thoreau The Santanic Condition: A Novel http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=pKie1jTNgH0C&q=%22Colombian+necktie%22&dq=%22Colombian+necktie%22&lr=&as_drrb_is=b&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=1990&num=100&as_brr=0&ei=WEtwS-fPDpH2NPna7JIL&cd=6 132 Arbor House 0877952744 9780877952749 Guillermo’s long body was sprawled across the double bed. It took him a minute to realize what had been done. He had read reports of the “Colombian necktie” but had never expected to see one, […] en August 15 1988 New York Magazine volume 21, № 32, page 22 In Jackson Heights, according to New York Newsday, the favored method of execution is now the “Colombian necktie”: The throat is cut and the tongue pulled through the slit to hang down upon the chest. The drug gangs are not misunderstood little boys. en 1990 Douglas Terman Enemy Territory http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=-yczXED_QXsC&q=%22Colombian+necktie%22&dq=%22Colombian+necktie%22&lr=&as_drrb_is=b&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=1990&num=100&as_brr=0&ei=WEtwS-fPDpH2NPna7JIL&cd=4 331 Bantam Books 0553286137 9780553286137 His body had been found two weeks earlier by the DEA on the MacArthur Causeway leading over to the Beach, the concrete beneath his crumpled body soaking up blood, his tongue hanging out in a Colombian necktie. en 1994 Ronald K. Siegel Whispers: The Voices of Paranoia http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=je_aAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Colombian+necktie%22&dq=%22Colombian+necktie%22&lr=&as_drrb_is=b&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=1990&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=2000&num=100&as_brr=0&ei=MFdwS-mFO5PSM9KExIML&cd=2 276 Crown 0517592398 9780517592397 If you betray them, they kill your family and give you a “Colombian necktie.” First they spread-eagle you on a vertical board and slit your neck vertically, from the chin to the collarbone. This severs the larynx and prevents you from screaming. Then they pull your tongue through the slit and watch as you slowly strangle. en 1997 Felicia Okeke-Ibezim O. J. Simpson: The Trial of the Century http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=DYFo99rVAQ0C&pg=PA36&dq=%22Colombian+necktie%22&lr=&as_drrb_is=b&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=1990&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=2000&num=100&as_brr=0&ei=MFdwS-mFO5PSM9KExIML&cd=25#v=onepage&q=%22Colombian%20necktie%22&f=false 36 Ekwike Books & Publishing 0966159802 9780966159806 Supporting this, they claimed that Nicole must have borrowed money from one of Colombian drug Lords and so fell victim to Colombian necktie or necklace? en 2000 B. J. Whalen Justifiable Homicide http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=KkCh82mfSkAC&q=%22Colombian+necktie%22&dq=%22Colombian+necktie%22&lr=&as_drrb_is=b&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=1990&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=2000&num=100&as_brr=0&ei=MFdwS-mFO5PSM9KExIML&cd=36 243 Ballantine Books 0345432029 9780345432025 A young girl, age eleven, had been slashed across the throat and had her tongue pulled through the cut, reminiscent of the Colombian necktie. en 2002 Betty Bradford Byers The Big Payback http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=oX73Vy2_1_IC&pg=PA109&dq=%22Colombian+necktie%22&lr=&as_drrb_is=b&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=2000&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&num=100&as_brr=0&ei=E1xwS7vCEobsMKPr7ZIL&cd=48#v=onepage&q=%22Colombian%20necktie%22&f=false 109 iUniverse 9780595256150 His accomplice rushed in behind Angelo, jerked his head back and slashed his neck. Blood gushed from the severed artery, and he slumped to the ground. The first assailant decorated Angelo’s chest with the proverbial “Colombian necktie” in which his tongue was pushed down through his gullet and pulled through the slash in his neck — a popular mobster tactic. They disappeared into the night, leaving him dead, just a few feet from the door of Giovanni’s. en 2003 Robin Kirk More Terrible Than Death: Massacres, Drugs, and America’s War in Colombia http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=3fHEAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Colombian+necktie%22&dq=%22Colombian+necktie%22&lr=&as_drrb_is=b&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=2000&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&num=100&as_brr=0&ei=E1xwS7vCEobsMKPr7ZIL&cd=12 26 Public Affairs 1586481045 9781586481049 There was the Colombian necktie (corte de corbata), when the killer cut a deep groove under the jawline of the victim and pulled the tongue muscle down and through it, so that it lay like a necktie on the chest. en 2007 Howard Silverstone; Michael Sheetz Forensic Accounting and Fraud Investigation for Non-Experts http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=cr7tMOsTdqAC&pg=PA95&dq=%22Colombian+necktie%22&lr=&as_drrb_is=b&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=2000&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&num=100&as_brr=0&ei=E1xwS7vCEobsMKPr7ZIL&cd=25#v=onepage&q=%22Colombian%20necktie%22&f=false 95 Wiley-IEEE 9780470087121 Ruling their territory through unprecedented violence, the Colombian Cocaine cartels turned the streets of Miami, New York, and Los Angeles into a new “wild west.”²⁵ Bringing with them horrific phrases such as the “Colombian Necktie,”²⁶ the narcotraficantes of the late 1970s and 1980s revolutionized the way in which desertion and infidelity to the organization were punished. en 2009 Stephen Schneider Iced: The Story of Organized Crime in Canada http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ZO8jKSn25DAC&pg=PA504&dq=%22Colombian+necktie%22&lr=&as_drrb_is=b&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=2000&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&num=100&as_brr=0&ei=E1xwS7vCEobsMKPr7ZIL&cd=14#v=onepage&q=%22Colombian%20necktie%22&f=false 504 John Wiley and Sons 9780470835005 Not only was murder frequently used, but the methods were often quite sadistic, such as the carte de corbata, the notorious “Colombian necktie” in which the victim’s throat is cut longitudinally and the tongue is pulled through to hang like a tie. Derived terms en Colombian necklace Translations violent and intimidating method of execution German: de Kolumbianische Krawatte Norwegian: no Colombiansk slips Russian: ru Колумбийский га́лстук Spanish: es corte de corbata References 2 ref Colombian necktie 455 1 “Colombian necktie” listed on page 155 of The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, edited by Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor (2007; Routledge; 0415212596, 9780415212595) “Colombian necktie” listed on page 47 of Pardon My English!: An Exploration of Slang and Informal Language, compiled by Michael Munro (2007; Chambers; 0550102868, 9780550102867) “Colombian necktie” listed on page 222 of The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English, edited by Tom Dalzell (2008; Taylor & Francis; 0415371821, 9780415371827) “Colombian necktie” listed on page 29 of Colombians: Webster’s Quotations, Facts and Phrases (2008; ICON Group International, Inc.; 0546650945) “Colombian necktie” listed on page 513 of Killers: Webster’s Quotations, Facts and Phrases (2008; ICON Group International, Inc.; 0546665357) “Colombian necktie” listed on page 429 of Pulling: Webster’s Quotations, Facts and Phrases (2008; ICON Group International, Inc.; 0546653634) “Colombian necktie” listed on page 35 of Slashes: Webster’s Quotations, Facts and Phrases (2008; ICON Group International, Inc.; 0546715656) “Colombian necktie” listed on page 367 of Throat: Webster’s Quotations, Facts and Phrases (2008; ICON Group International, Inc.; 0546663885) Further reading en terms derived from toponyms en Colombia Death