title: San Vicente del Caguán
text: # San Vicente del Caguán
  
  San Vicente del Caguán (Spanish pronunciation:) is a town and municipality in Amazonian Caquetá Department, southern Colombia.
  
  ## Religion
  
  Its Marian Catedral Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes (dedicated to the Virgin of Mercy) is the cathedral episcopal see of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Vicente del Caguán.
  
  ## History
  
  Between 1998 and 2002, San Vicente del Caguán was the center of the demilitarized zone (DMZ), which was created as a safe haven for the revolutionary FARC rebels. Two days after the peace talks were ended, Ingrid Betancourt was kidnapped while entering the former DMZ.
  
  