Speaker, this important measure by Congresswoman Norma Torres
affirms this body's support for all efforts to combat corruption in
Central America. The people of this region have been living in
societies that, because of corruption, and that corruption has become
endemic, has led to gang violence, to criminality, to high levels of
impunity. And these conditions directly affect the ability of these
governments to bring peace and prosperity to all of its citizens, and
that, in turn, fuels the flows of those who leave illegally, migrants,
to the Northern Hemisphere--well, to the United States. So the citizens of Northern Triangle countries, those in this region,
want to live in safety in their own countries, and we can help by
supporting efforts by the International Commission Against Impunity in
Guatemala and its counterpart in Honduras, and those others in the
region that are fighting for these efforts that enable an independent
judiciary and a judiciary that combats corruption. Norma Torres' work on Central America has helped to build capacity in
these countries to begin providing security for its citizens, and I
urge my colleagues to support this measure.
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