1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Berta Cáceres Human Rights in Honduras Act . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) The Honduran police are widely established to be deeply corrupt and commit human rights abuses, including torture, rape, illegal detention, and murder, with impunity. (2) The New York Times revealed documents on April 15, 2016, indicating that top officials of the Honduran police ordered the killings of drug-crime investigators Julián Arístides Gonzáles and Alfredo Landaverde in 2009 and 2011, respectively, with the subsequent knowledge of top police and, evidently, high-ranking government officials. The Times suggested in a subsequent article that the revelations were being manipulated by the President of Honduras for his own corrupt purposes. Both cases remain in impunity. (3) Individuals in the police with documented records of having committed gross human rights abuses with impunity continue to serve in, and be appointed and reappointed to high positions with the police. Former general in the Armed Forces Julian Pacheco Tinoco, the Minister of Security, was the highest ranking official in charge of the repression of protesters by the police following the November 27, 2017, election, and has been twice named in United States Federal court as overseeing drug trafficking. He was reappointed to his position by President Juan Orlando Hernández in December 2018. (4) Other individuals who previously served in high-ranking positions and who are documented to have committed gross human rights abuses continue in impunity. (5) International human rights bodies have reported that the Honduran military and police commit human rights abuses, including killings, with impunity. The Associated Press has documented death squad activity by police. Human Rights Watch has reported: The use of lethal force by the national police is a chronic problem. . In its report for 2018 it concluded that Violent crime is rampant in Honduras . It noted that: Marred by corruption and abuse, the judiciary and