A Colombian necktie (Spanish: corte de corbata, tie-cut) 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 O. J. Simpson murder case, defense lawyers claimed that hitmen hired by drug dealers gave Nicole Brown Simpson a Colombian necktie, but this was barred from testimony for not having supporting evidence.[5][6]
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^Jiménez Becerra, Absalón (2013). "EL PERIODO DE LA VIOLENCIA EN COLOMBIA Y EL USO DE LAS IMÁGENES DEL TERROR, 1948-1965 (THE ROLE OF THE IMAGE, THE IMAGINARY AND POLITICAL MEMORY IN COLOMBIA)" (PDF). Revista de Antropología Experimental. 11: 151–165.
^Bowden, Mark (2018). "Chapter 1". Killing Pablo. Atlantic Monthly Press. ISBN 978-0-87113-783-8. Retrieved 2009-07-15.
^Brendan I. Koerner (2009-11-17). "The Colombian Necktie Half-Truth". Retrieved 2021-03-15.
^"Faye Resnick Videos Addressing The Drug Cartel Theory On 'The People V. O.J. Simpson' Shows Just How Complicated The Case Was". Romper. Retrieved 2021-03-30.
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