Whereas according to Transparency International’s 2016 Corruption Perception Index, the citizens of Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Panama perceive high levels of government corruption; Whereas widespread corruption in Central America weakens citizens’ faith in public institutions, limits government capacity to advance development goals, and allows drug traffickers and other criminals to thrive; Whereas the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) was created at the request of the Guatemalan Government in 2007, and has strengthened the capacity of Guatemalan institutions, especially the Office of the Attorney General, to combat corruption; Whereas the Office of the Attorney General of Guatemala, under the leadership of Thelma Aldana, and CICIG, under the leadership of Iván Velásquez, have recently collaborated to investigate and prosecute a series of corruption cases involving high-level government officials, demonstrating that it is possible for governments in Central America to confront entrenched corruption, and that no one is above the law; Whereas the Attorney General of El Salvador, Douglas Meléndez, has made significant progress in tackling corruption at the highest levels; Whereas after thousands of Hondurans joined street protests against corruption and in favor of an International Commission against Impunity in Honduras, the Honduran Government reached an agreement with the Organization of American States to create the Mission to Support the Fight against Corruption and Impunity in Honduras (MACCIH); Whereas MACCIH, under the leadership of Juan Jiménez, has begun to assist the Office of the Attorney General of Honduras, under the leadership of Oscar Chinchilla, with the investigation into the more than $300,000,000 that was embezzled from the Institute of Social Security