Matamoros is a Spanish surname and place name meaning ‘ Moor killer’. It may refer to:

Events

• 1999 Matamoros standoff, an armed engagement between gangsters and law enforcement in Matamoros, Tamaulipas
• 2011 Matamoros mass kidnapping
• 2023 Matamoros kidnappings

Music

• "Matamoros", a song by The Afghan Whigs from Do to the Beast
• "Matamoros Banks", a song by Bruce Springsteen from Devils & Dust
• Matamoros Querido, a 1971 album by Rigo Tovar
  • "Mi Matamoros Querido", a song on Matamoros Querido

People

• Carlos Matamoros Franco (born 1966), Ecuadorian chess grandmaster
• Mariano Matamoros (1770–1814), a liberal priest and insurgent active during the Mexican War of Independence
• Miguel Matamoros (1894–1971), a Cuban musician and composer
  • Trio Matamoros, Cuban trova group founded by Miguel Matamoros
• Saint James Matamoros, 'the Moor-slayer', Spanish mythological figure

Places

• Matamoros, Coahuila, city in Mexico
• Matamoros, Tamaulipas, also known as Heroica Matamoros, a city in Mexico, municipal seat of Matamoros Municipality, Tamaulipas
  • Matamoros–Brownsville metropolitan area, transnational conurbation along the Mexico–U.S. border
  • Matamoros Cathedral
• Matamoros Municipality, Chihuahua
• Matamoros Municipality, Coahuila
• Matamoros Municipality, Tamaulipas
• General Mariano Matamoros Airport, of Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
• Izúcar de Matamoros, city in the Mexican state of Puebla
• Landa de Matamoros, city in the Mexican state of Querétaro
• Mariano Matamoros, Chihuahua, town in Mexico
• Tlacolula de Matamoros, city in the Mexican state of Oaxaca
• Valle de Matamoros, municipality in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain
• Matamoros (Mexibús), a BRT station in Ecatepec de Morelos, Mexico

See also

• Matamoras (disambiguation)

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