Ariel Henry resigns as prime minister of Haiti as country faces deadly violence [Video]

• Ariel Henry resigned as prime minister of Haiti, facilitating the formation of a new government in a country plagued by severe gang violence.
• He announced his resignation on April 24, coinciding with the inauguration of a council tasked with selecting a new prime minister and Cabinet.
• The council, created over a month ago by Caribbean leaders, will also appoint an electoral commission and establish a national security council.

Ariel Henry resigned Thursday as prime minister of Haiti, leaving the way clear for a new government to be formed in the Caribbean country, which has been wracked by gang violence that killed or injured more than 2,500 people from January to March.

Henry presented his resignation in a letter signed in Los Angeles, dated April 24, and released on Thursday by his office on the same day a council tasked with choosing a new prime minister and Cabinet for Haiti was due …