(Corrects headline and paragraph 1 to show funds frozen by state labor prosecutors, not state labor ministry)
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Brazil’s Minas Gerais state labor prosecutors’ office said on Thursday it had frozen more than 800 million reais ($219 million) of miner Vale’s funds as compensation for victims of a deadly tailings dam burst.
$1 = 3.6485 reais Reporting by Pedro Fonseca; Editing by Christian Plumb
