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Matamoros
[ mat-uh-mawr-uhs, -mohr-; Spanish mah-tah-maw-raws ]
noun
- a seaport in NE Mexico, on the Rio Grande opposite Brownsville, Texas.
Matamoros
/ ˌmætəˈmɔːrəs; mataˈmorɔs /
noun
- a port in NE Mexico, on the Río Grande: scene of bitter fighting during the US-Mexican War; centre of a cotton-growing area. Pop: 481 000 (2005 est)
Example Sentences
In some respects, the violent events in Baja California are reminiscent of the kidnapping of four Americans - two were murdered - last year in Matamoros, in Tamaulipas state.
The two men rang the bell at the Resource Center Matamoros, a migrant aid group in the Mexican border city, and, speaking in broken Spanish, said they were looking for volunteer work.
Accusations that Resource Center Matamoros was encouraging noncitizens to vote gained momentum after online posts displayed Spanish-language flyers instructing migrants to vote illegally for Biden once they arrived in the U.S.
The overcrowded Casa Migrante Matamoros is less a shelter than it is a temporary city, with tiny tents aligned in neat, endless rows.
A signal showed her off the coast near Matamoros, Mexico, which is just across the border from South Padre Island, Texas.
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