New Mexico man accused of fatally shooting cousin after argument over enchiladas

A New Mexico man is accused of fatally shooting his cousin after an evening of drinking escalated from an argument over enchiladas into a fistfight, according to an arrest warrant.

Ervin Joaquin Gutierrez, 22, is charged with an open count of murder in the Aug. 27 killing of Nathaniel Cavazos at an apartment complex in Albuquerque.

Gutierrez was arrested by Albuquerque police Friday evening and booked into the Metropolitan Detention Center shortly after midnight Saturday, according to jail records. He is being held on an open count of murder.

Albuquerque police responded to a shooting shortly before 11 p.m. and found Cavazos unresponsive in a pool of blood on the walkway between apartment buildings. He had been shot at least once and died from his injuries, according to the warrant affidavit.

A cousin of both men who told police he witnessed the shooting said Gutierrez had arrived earlier that afternoon to visit. The three later bought groceries, returned to the apartment and cooked green enchiladas while drinking alcohol, according to the affidavit.

The witness told authorities tension began when Gutierrez repeatedly claimed the chile on his enchiladas was hotter than the chile on Cavazos’ plate and challenged him to eat…

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