; and (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. (2) Northern triangle The term Northern Triangle means the region of Central America that encompasses the countries of Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador. (3) Northern triangle countries The term Northern Triangle countries means the countries of Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador. 3. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) The Northern Triangle countries of El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala have among the highest homicide rates in the world. In 2017, there were 60 homicides per 100,000 people in El Salvador, 43.6 homicides per 100,000 people in Honduras and 26.1 homicides per 100,000 people in Guatemala. (2) According to a Small Arms Survey report from 2016, Central America ranks high among regions of the world for femicides. The rate of women who have died violent deaths as a percentage of all violent deaths in El Salvador and Guatemala ranks among the highest in the world. (3) Between 2015 and April 2018, 1,003 femicides were reported in El Salvador, despite enacting a special law in 2011 aimed at reducing violence against women that specifically includes the crime of femicide. (4) A United States Agency for International Development (USAID) study in Honduras in 2015 found that 40 percent of women surveyed admitted to having suffered some form of Gender Based Violence. This number is likely to be understated, as it is common for individual respondents to deny victimization. . (5) Survivors of sexual violence in Northern Triangle countries do not have access to comprehensive health care. According to the Department of State’s 2016 Country Report on Human Rights Practices for El Salvador, Access to reproductive health services outside of the capital city San Salvador, however, was limited. In Guatemala, Cultural, geographic, and linguistic barriers hampered access to reproductive health care, particularly for indigenous women in rural areas. . Honduras prohibits the sale, distribution or use of emergency contraception, per the State