Brazilian President Michel Temer announced on Friday a federal intervention in the state of Roraima bordering Venezuela, which has been going through a massive public security crisis.

The intervention will last until the end of Temer's administration on Dec. 31. In the ensuing days, the new president, Jair Bolsonaro, may decide whether to extend the intervention or not.

Brazil has seen a sharp rise in the arrival of Venezuelan immigrants in the past year and a half, most through Roraima, straining public services and finances of the state.

Prison wardens and policemen called for a strike after not receiving their salaries for several months. Military policemen are forbidden from going on strike, but their wives and families blocked the entrances of brigades to protest.

Temer said he had talked to Roraima state governor Suely Campos and they agreed that the federal intervention would be the best solution for the state.

"With this decision, we want to pacify matters in Roraima," the president said.

Temer said the National Defense Council will meet on Saturday and the decree which will establish the intervention will be drafted quickly.

Brazil will now have two states under federal intervention.

Rio de Janeiro state has been facing an intervention in its public security area since early 2018, which will also end on Dec. 31. Bolsonaro has already declared he does not intend to extend the regime. 

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