"12-year-old Yanomami girl is murdered after being raped by miners", 26 April 2022

A 12-year-old girl raped to death and a child lost after being thrown into a river. This is the result of an attack by miners against the Aracaçá community, which is in the Waikás region, in Terra Yanomami, in Roraima...The information was provided by the president of the Yanomami and Yek’wana (Condisi-YY) Indigenous Health District Council (Condisi-YY), Júnior Hekurari, on his social network, and confirmed to the report of Real Amazon.

While most of the indigenous people hunted, the miners took the opportunity to invade the community. According to the president of Condisi, a woman, a girl and another 4-year-old child were taken by the miners to the illegal gold camp. The teenager was raped. The aunt tried to contain them, but was stopped by the miners who, in a violent act, threw the child into the river, according to Junior...

The woman managed to escape by swimming to the community, but apparently was the only survivor...

The president of Condisi wants the authorities to investigate this episode of extreme violence against the Yanomami, who since 2021 have been suffering widespread attacks in their villages...

The report “Yanomami Under Attack”, released by Hutukara Associação Yanomami on April 11, points to at least four attacks against children since 2021...

In addition to the deaths of children, the document also exposes rapes against teenagers, “arranged marriages” in exchange for food and vulnerability due to malnutrition and malaria to which Yanomami children are subjected...

It is estimated that more than 20,000 miners are operating freely and with impunity within the Yanomami Indigenous Land...