 people safer, to reduce the toll on their health, and ultimately improve people's well-being. The National Institutes of Health reports last year nearly 43,000 people died in the United States from gun-related injuries. A U.S. federal judge has sentenced former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez to 45 years in prison on drug trafficking charges. Prosecutors successfully argued Hernandez ruled Honduras as a narco state as he accepted millions of dollars in bribes from cocaine traffickers in exchange for protection.