Matamoros

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)

1. Matamoros, Tamaulipas
2. Trio Matamoros
3. Gulf Cartel
4. James Matamoros
5. Matamoros Querido
6. Izúcar de Matamoros
7. Kiko Matamoros
8. Mariano Matamoros
9. Alianne Matamoros
10. Brownsville–Matamoros
11. Diego Matamoros
12. Adolfo Constanzo
13. Matamoros Municipality, Tamaulipas
14. 2023 Matamoros kidnappings
15. Mariano Matamoros, Chihuahua
16. Matamoros Municipality
17. Matamoros strike
18. Matamoros Expedition
19. Matamoros Municipality, Chihuahua
20. Lágrimas negras (song)