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  Matamoros, Tamaulipas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Matamoros is a city in the north of the Mexican state of Tamaulipas.
Matamoros is about 1000 km away from Mexico City and 571 km from Houston, Texas.
Matamoros is described in vivid detail in the popular song Mi Matamoros Querido (My Beloved Matamoros), the large selling single by singer Rigo Tovar who was born there.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Matamoros,_Tamaulipas   (1047 words)

  
 Matamoros - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mariano Matamoros, a Mexican liberal priest and insurgent active during the Mexican War of Independence.
Matamoros, a city in the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico.
Matamoros, a city in the state of Coahuila, Mexico.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Matamoros   (149 words)

  
 Raul N. Longoria's Genealogy Database   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
She was married to Juan RIOS on Sep 6 1827 in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico.
She was married to Jose Antonio GARCIA on Apr 30 1821 in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, New Spain.
She was married to Juan CHAPA on Sep 3 1832 in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico.
www.raullongoria.net /Genealogy/FamilyTree/d39.html   (963 words)

  
 Comprehensive Water and Wastewater, Project for the City of Matamoros, Tamaulipas
The City of Matamoros is bounded on the east by the Gulf of Mexico, south by the city of San Fernando, and west by the municipalities of Valle Hermoso and Rio Bravo, all of the cities also in the State of Tamaulipas.
Matamoros' current population, recent growth rates and population projections were reviewed by the BTC to determine water, wastewater collection and treatment requirements for the next 20 years.
To prevent Matamoros from being a source of contamination for the Rio Grande and agricultural drains, the construction of wastewater treatment plants is proposed to address the issue of untreated wastewater discharges.
www.cocef.org /aproyectos/ExcomMatamoros2003_06ing.htm   (3414 words)

  
 City Information - Matamoros, Tamaulipas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Tamaulipas shares borders with Texas to the north, Nuevo Leon to the west, San Luis Potosi and Veracruz to the south, and the Gulf of Mexico to the east.
Matamoros is located on the southern bank of the Rio Grande, directly across from Brownsville, Texas.
Matamoros is very well communicated; it has an international airport, and has easy access to the United States by means of three international bridges, one of them railway.
www.mexicostartupservices.com /info.php?ID=21   (356 words)

  
 Raul N. Longoria's Genealogy Database   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Jose Casimiro LONGORIA was born on Mar 18 1773 in Mier, Tamaulipas, New Spain.
Jose Faustino LONGORIA was born on Aug 3 1800 in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, New Spain.
Jose Felipe LONGORIA was born in 1795 in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, New Spain.
www.raullongoria.net /Genealogy/FamilyTree/d118.html   (1743 words)

  
 Matamoros: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Matamoros is a city in the north of the state[For more facts and a topic of this subject, click this link] of Tamaulipas Tamaulipas quick summary:
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www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/ma/matamoros.htm   (584 words)

  
 Arkema Inc. Mexico: Matamoros
The Altuglas International Matamoros plant is located 1/2 mile south from the Rio Grande, which forms the US/Mexican border, in the city of Matamoros in the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico.
Matamoros was founded in 1686 by Captain Alonso de Léon.
Matamoros has had a largely cattle and cotton based economy until the 1990s, when the maquiladora industry began expanding.
www.arkema-inc.com /index.cfm?pag=232   (810 words)

  
 Tour By Mexico ® - Matamoros in Tamaulipas State, Mexico
Matamoros, the gateway to Mexico is a city that encompasses magic, tradition, and shares with you the joy of its streets embellished by the splendor of its history.
Matamoros is a city that prides itself to offer our guests security, comfortability, a wide range of services such as first class hotels, a great deal of restaurants where one can enjoy Northern Mexico and local cuisine, and many cultural and business centers to suit any taste.
Matamoros invites you to find the magic that has captivated the people who have chosen it as a place to spend a pleasant time.
www.tourbymexico.com /tamps/matamo/matamo.htm   (860 words)

  
 Coastal Realty - The Market   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Matamoros is the largest city in the state of Tamaulipas with 450,000 persons.
The presence of maquiladoras account for a rapidly growing population, as workers migrate from the interior to the border region.
Matamoros each year hosts thousands of visitors from within the country and abroad, who come here knowing they always find a happy smile and friendly hand welcoming them.
www.coastalrlty.com /market.html   (779 words)

  
 Matamoros News
Matamoros has two confirmed and 13 suspected cases of dengue, both in the southern outskirts of the city, according to an article in the Matamoros newspaper El Bravo.
The man that was with the 14 year old when she was found by police proved to the satisfaction of the police that he was only walking with her and had not had a physical relationship with the young woman.
In a report she gave to the Tamaulipas state police, López's mother said that her daughter did not know whether or not the vehicle was a police vehicle or if she was being held in a jail.
www.nmsu.edu /~frontera/sep-oct04/Matamorosnews.html   (2172 words)

  
 El Universal - Miami Herald
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas The nation's three maximumsecurity prisons announced a red alert Friday following the selective assassination of six prison employees whose bodies were dumped outside a maximum security prison in the border city of Matamoros.
Investigators reported Friday that the Matamoros prison employees were picked out from among their co-workers by the killers, apparently drug traffickers fighting the latest in a bloody series of turf battles and prison vendettas.
At the Matamoros prison, a white, concrete structure surrounded by high walls and barbed wire in the middle of deserted farm fields, soldiers and federal police on Friday sealed off access roads to the facility and refused to let anyone within two kilometers.
www.eluniversal.com.mx /pls/impreso/noticia.html?id_nota=8957&tabla=miami   (891 words)

  
 El Universal - Miami Herald
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas When the killings of six guards at the nearby maximumsecurity prison horrified even this bloodied border city, civic leaders came up with an interesting solution to their image problem: change the name of the prison.
Matamoros, where mass kidnappings and assassinations have become common, was rocked by the incident in which six guards were kidnapped after they left work Jan. 20, and found two hours later, hands bound, shot dead and jammed into a van.
Among the recent incidents in Tamaulipas state: On Jan. 17, the former mayor of Soto la Marina and his two sons were found murdered, their bodies dumped alongside a local highway.
www.eluniversal.com.mx /pls/impreso/noticia.html?id_nota=9619&tabla=miami   (1386 words)

  
 Tamaulipas Labor and Unions
Tamaulipas has the strongest unions on the US-Mexico border according to Cirila Quintero Ramírez, a labor researcher at the Matamoros office of the Colegio de la Frontera del Norte (Colef).
In Matamoros and Reynosa, cities across from Brownsville and McAllen, TX respectively, unionization is nearly 100%.
Indeed, in Matamoros, in the last round of wage negotiations between the Maquiladora Industry Workers' Union (Sindicato de Jornaleros y Obreros Industriales de la Industria Maquiladora, SJOIIM) and city maquiladoras, the SJOIIM began by stating that they would ask for a 30% raise for workers.
www.nmsu.edu /~frontera/apr01/feat1.html   (1503 words)

  
 Matamoros on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
266,055), Tamaulipas state, NE Mexico, near the mouth of the Rio Grande, opposite Brownsville, Tex. Matamoros, linked by rail and highway with the United States, is an international trading center and a point of entry.
Matamoros: de poblacho a gran ciudad: si hace 10 anos que usted no va pro ahi y ahora piensa regresar, preparese para recibir una gran sorpresa.
Matamoros waiting for Spring Breakers to show up: Crowds appear down from years past, many say.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/M/Matamoro.asp   (262 words)

  
 Matamoros News
Tofic Salum Fares, the Tamaulipas director of Protección Civil del Estado (State Civil Protection), said that despite the state's 40 recent bomb threats and 17 anthrax scares--all of which proved to be false--there is not a state of panic in Tamaulipas.
Tamaulipas Governor Tomás Yarrington Ruvalcaba, a member of the PRI, has said that he will work with all the state's new Congressional deputies and all 43 of the state's new mayors no matter what their political affiliation.
Matamoros shoppers are not going to buy in the US because they do not want to wait in long lines to cross to the US, Dávila said.
www.nmsu.edu /~frontera/oct01/Matamorosnews.html   (2186 words)

  
 Yrineo Longoria
1795 in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, and died in Matamoros, Tamaulipas.
1825 in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, and died in Matamoros, Tamaulipas.
1865 in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, and died in Matamoros, Tamaulipas.
www.geocities.com /Athens/Acropolis/7016/yrineo.htm   (1077 words)

  
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65 photographs and one newspaper clipping describe the battles--particularly the aftermath of the battles--between Federals and Rebels in Reynosa and Matamoros in the state of Tamaulipas on the Mexico-U.S. border during the Mexican Revolution in 1913.
Matamoros & made last capture in final charge on plaza - loosing 16 men of his 200 under his command (Battle of Matamoros Mex 6/3-4/13).
Portrait of female soldier on horseback, she is recognized as a Soldier-Hero; she is wearing a blouse with a sash wrapped around her torso, hat, wedding ring, and a blanket covering her legs.
www.lib.utexas.edu /taro/utlac/00101.xml   (2643 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online: MATAMOROS EXPEDITION OF 1835-36
The port of Matamoros at the mouth of the Rio Grande was an important source of revenue, which if seized could be used to defray the cost of the war.
In this chaotic situation instituted by the Matamoros expedition, Smith refused to resign, and Texas was essentially left without governmental leadership during the crucial months of late January and February 1836.
From the Texas viewpoint, the Matamoros expedition of 1835-36 was one of the most disastrous components of the Texas Revolution.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/MM/qdm1.html   (4268 words)

  
 UFO Sighting Report February 13th 2006 : Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Matamoros, Tamaulipas (El Mañana newspaper) - The rumor that two Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) were in the vicinity of Matamoros's Niños Heroes Lake caused residents of the frontier community to turn their eyes skyward, where several witnesses claim having seen two levitating white dots.
The information was spread through the media yesterday around two o'clock in the afternoon; dozens of citizens of Matamoros could be seen on their rooftops, scanning the skies toward the East.
A phone call from the public to Fructuoso Sánz news broadcast "La noticia tal y como es", transmitted on W 1420 AM and W FM 97.7, reported the sighting, which had already captured the attention of workers, students and homemakers located in that section of the city.
www.ufoinfo.com /sightings/mexico/060213.shtml   (398 words)

  
 Brownsville, Texas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
On December 8, 1911 Brownsville's first international bridge was opened, which was called the Brownsville and Matamoros Bridge.
Local attractions include the Gladys Porter Zoo, Camille Lightner Playhouse, a historical downtown with buildings over 150 years old, The University of Texas at Brownsville/Texas Southmost College, Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport (BRO), a port known as the Port of Brownsville and the Children's Museum of Brownsville.
Brownsville is mentioned in the song "Matamoros Banks" by Bruce Springsteen, and in the song "Texas Women" by Hank Williams Jr.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Brownsville,_Texas   (1602 words)

  
 Portal de Matamoros
The Museum in its origin was a project of the National Frontier Plan (PRONAF) that was inaugurated in the Heroic Matamoros, Tamaulipas in July 19, 1969 as a Craft Center dedicated to the promotion of the crafts, for benefit of its authors and of the national economy.
In October 21, 2002 opens its doors as the MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART OF TAMAULIPAS, thanks to the initiative of the State Government of Tamaulipas in conjuction with the National Counsel for the Arts and Culture and the City Hall of H. Matamoros, Tamaulipas.
THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART OF TAMAULIPAS has as an objective to collaborate in the process of distribution, production, consumption and analysis of the visual arts in the state, and to be receiver of the artistic proposals of advanced of the national and international art.
www.matamoros.com /modules/xt_conteudo/print.php?id=29   (182 words)

  
 General Alonso de Leon “El Mozo”
Lauro Villar ascended in the army and became chief of the army in Matamoros.
Her eyes saw the entrance of Lucio Blanco to Matamoros during the Mexican revolution and that event made her compose songs to generals and revolutionary events.
He formed part of the Matamoros first century festivities (1926) and his main contribution was to give the music to the words of the Matamoros hymn.
blue.utb.edu /localhistory/bio.htm   (3171 words)

  
 E_MATAMOROS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Matamoros has 2 bridges and another that its in construction and we hope to see it working in 1999.
The city that its in front of Matamoros is Brownsville, Texas, and has an estimated poblation of 150,000.
POBLATION: Matamoros has many temporal poblation because here is where many people come from the Mexican Republic and other countries to go and emigrate to the US.
theatreorgans.com /hammond/x66/E_MATAMOROS.htm   (262 words)

  
 Tamaulipas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The origins of Tamaulipas begin with the province of Nuevo Santander which was officially named and became a part of New Spain in 1746.
The territory spanned from the San Antonio river to the north east to the Gulf of Mexico, then south to the Panuco River near Tampico and west to the Sierra Madre Mountains.
In 1823 it was reorganized as a villa and named Matamoros after the martyred priest Mariano Matamoros.
vsalgs.org /stnemgenealogy/tamaul.html   (1701 words)

  
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LAURA B. July 12, 2005 — Matamoros officials have confirmed four cases of dengue fever and are investigating at least 35 suspected cases of the deadly virus in Brownsville’s sister city.
MATAMOROS, MEXICO -- The chief officer of the American Consulate in the border city of Matamoros says he is concerned about the Central American Mara Salvatrucha gang helping al-Qaeda.
Authorities seek suspects in slaying of six prison employees MATAMOROS, January 22, 2005 — Although their arrival was unceremonious, dozens of high-level federal officials flew in from Mexico City on Friday and tried to retake control of this border city after six prison employees were slain a day earlier outside a maximum-security prison.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/keyword?k=matamoros   (1451 words)

  
 Members & Associates that make up Ernesto Velarde-Danache, Inc.
Jorge is also a Mexican Notary Public for the State of Tamaulipas, and has attended a number of seminars and courses on different fields such as Corporate, Civil, Litigation and Labor Law.
He is a member of the Matamoros Bar as well as of the Notary Public Association of Matamoros, Tamaulipas.
Raul has worked for the City of Matamoros as Assistant Director of Jurisprudence and was the President of the Labor Board of Conciliation and Arbitration.
www.velardedanache.com /members.htm   (958 words)

  
 Durango
The parents of Virginia were Luis Prado and Ines Gaso as recorded in a copy of the baptismal record dated September 12, 1918 from the parish of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico for Joaquin Manriquez, Jr.
The civil birth record from Matamoros states that Joaquin was 31 years old and a laborer living in Matamoros and that his wife, Virginia came from the town of San Diego and was 24 years old.
The town of Matamoros was settled in 1818 and named Matamoros in 1823 after a martyred priest, Mariano Matamoros.
home.grandecom.net /~jcano/Manrique_history.htm   (804 words)

  
 Holiday Inn Matamoros Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico - Holiday Inn Matamoros Group Booking Reservation Meetings ...
The Holiday Inn Matamoros is the perfect place to hold a corporate event such as; team building, sales meetings, board of director meetings, or just corporate hospitality.
A Holiday Inn Matamoros conference center is one of many conference centers in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico.
A Holiday Inn Matamoros wedding reception is a party where guests come to celebrate the marriage of the bride and groom.
www.meetingforce.com /holiday-inn-matamoros-hotel-75h919.html   (624 words)

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