(Manila, execution with the garrote).
I just read about it. And I did not know of its existence, nor that it was used in Spain until 1974.
A garotte is a device that has a wooden stake to which a condemned person’s neck is tied.
It was and still is used as an instrument of torture.
Normally people are strangled by squeezing the carotid artery, but the garrote compresses the air tube.
The victim dies slowly, by suffocation.
In the past, a noose was placed around the neck of the condemned person from behind, which was slowly tightened by means of a stick. Later, this noose was replaced by a metal band. However, this only served to fix the victim. A metal screw was screwed into the neck from behind. This caused death immediately.
(Also Philippines)
In Spain, under the dictator Franco, death sentences were carried out with this instrument until 1974 (!) and it was even reported in detail in the newspapers.
The term garotte stands for another instrument of death.
It is a metal wire with handles 10-15 cm long at the two ends, is called a garrotte.
It was used a lot by criminals in France in the 19th century to attack people from behind and silence them immediately.
Mafia organizations like the one in Sicily also liked to use the garrote.
One strangled his victim and it did not make a sound.
Disclaimer:
English ist not my mother tongue, pardon my mistakes.
Please do not translate my answers, because i do it by myself.