Colombian necktie Colombian necktie A Colombian necktie (), is a post-mortem mutilation used in South America wherein the victim's throat would be slashed horizontally, with a knife or other sharp object, and his or her tongue pulled out through the open wound. The Colombian necktie is sometimes credited to drug kingpin Pablo Escobar. However, it appeared decades earlier, during La Violencia (1948–1958), as a method of psychological warfare, meant to scare and intimidate. During the trial of O. J. Simpson in 1994, an alternate murderer theory claimed hitmen murdered Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. The theory supposes that the hitmen were
Luis Escobar (baseball) to the Black Bears, posting a 6–5 record and 2.93 ERA in 15 games (12 starts). Escobar was on Colombia's roster for the 2017 World Baseball Classic. He spent the 2017 season with the West Virginia Power where he posted a 10–7 record and a 3.83 ERA with 168 strikeouts in 131.2 innings pitched (26 games, 25 starts). The Pirates added him to their 40-man roster after the 2017 season. Luis Escobar (baseball) Luis Alberto Escobar Hernandez (born May 30, 1996) is a Colombian professional baseball pitcher in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization. Escobar signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates as an