Matamoros
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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
