BRASILIA (Reuters) - The Brazilian government's indigenous affairs agency Funai said on Wednesday that it is looking into a report that a Yanomami teenager died after she was abducted and raped by illegal gold miners on her reservation.
"Funai is monitoring the case," the agency said by email, adding that it was working with law enforcement to protect the Yanomami people in northern Brazil.
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