📚 noun • entry_id 53194
Colombian necktie
Meanings (ES + gloss)
corte de corbata
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.
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…
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…
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