that in El Salvador, a pattern of behavior among security personnel and weak institutional responses may have resulted in extrajudicial executions and excessive use of force, with official figures indicating an alarming increase in the number of persons (alleged gang-members) who have been killed by security personnel. (10) Widespread public sector corruption in the Northern Triangle undermines economic and social development and directly affects regional political stability. (11) Human rights defenders, journalists, trade unionists, social leaders, and LGBT activists in the Northern Triangle face dire conditions, as evidenced by— (A) the March 2016 murder of the prominent Honduran environmental activist, Berta Caceres