Matamoros
# 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
