Colombian necklace

Noun

Colombian necktie (plural Colombian neckties)

1. 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 to see one, […]1981, David Thoreau, The Santanic Condition: A Novel, Arbor House, →ISBN, page 132, →ISBN