Colombian necktie

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A Colombian necktie, also known as the 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 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]

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In his novel Virtual Light, science fiction author William Gibson mentions "Cuban Necktie" as the means by which a failed Medellín Cartel data courier is murdered.
Canadian industrial techno group Front Line Assembly has named a song (later released as a single) "Colombian Necktie" on their album FLAvour of the Weak.
Australian metalcore band I Killed the Prom Queen released a song entitled "Your Shirt Would Look Better With a Colombian Necktie" on their album Music for the Recently Deceased.
American hip-hop group Cypress Hill had a song called "Cuban Necktie" on their album Skull & Bones
American hardcore band Big Black (frontman Steve Albini) also had a song named "Colombian Necktie" on the album Songs About Fucking
In the movie Code of Silence Chuck Norris' character is threatened with a Colombian Necktie.
In the 1986 film Running Scared, drug lord Julio Gonzales (Jimmy Smits) threatens Detectives Danny Costanzo (Billy Crystal) and Ray Hughes (Gregory Hines) with a Colombian necktie.
In the song "Sleepwalker" by Megadeth off the 2007 album United Abominations, a Colombian necktie is mentioned in the lyrics.
A Colombian necktie is also referenced in season 1 of the TV show Prison Break, when Theodore "T-BAG" Bagwell is conversing with fellow inmate Benjamin "C Note" Miles Franklin.
A Colombian necktie is referenced in season 1, episode 2, of the TV show Breaking Bad, when Jesse Pinkman says to Walter White (talking about potentially killing the drug dealer Crazy 8), "Dear Crazy 8, hey listen if I let you go will you promise not to come back and waste my entire family, no Colombian necktie's and sh*t?"
The song "Miss Spiritual Tramp" by Blitzen Trapper on the album "Wild Mountain Nation" begins with the lyric "It was a drive-by Columbian necktie".
The song "No Me Importa" by rapper Immortal Technique contains a line where he says "Colombian Necktie MCs, hasta la vista."
In the film The Salton Sea, the Colombian Necktie is mentioned by Anthony LaPaglia
In the third issue of the comic book miniseries Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash, Jason Voorhees performs a Colombian necktie on a girl.
In the movie K-9, the Colombian Necktie is mentioned.
In the tv show Supernatural Dean comments to Sam that they will perform a Colombian Necktie on a little girl possessed by a demon.