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Introduction: The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) defines suicide as an act of self-harm with the intent to cause a voluntary death. In indigenous peoples from countries such as Canada, Australia, Greenland, the United States, New Zealand, Brazil and Siberia, it is evident that this event occurs more frequently than in the general population, mainly as a consequence of colonialism and difficulties faced by indigenous communities, factors that are now considered as common throughout the world. Methods: A retrospective, descriptive, quantitative and retrospective study that analyzes 48 cases of suicide in indigenous people from Southwestern Colombia during the COVID-19 pre-pandemic (2018-2019) and pandemic (2020-2021) periods and registered in the National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences of the departments of Valle del Cauca, Cauca and Nariño. Results: In...