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. Federal police in the state of Roraima said they had only heard about the case in the media. Globo TV report

According to Brazil's health ministry, 308 Yanomami died of disease, malnutrition and violence last year, with 50% of the deaths being children under four.... During a Reuters visit to the Yanomami territory in December and January, agents of environmental protection agency Ibama said they are now flying solo in the battle against the miners after crucial military support was scaled down.... The Air Force has not enforced a no-fly zone, despite being ordered to do so by Lula in April, while th