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