Posted on 08/31/2026 5:27:51 AM PDT by V_TWIN
A New Mexico man allegedly gunned down his cousin during a drunken argument over green enchiladas, according to reports.
Ervin Joaquin Gutierrez, 22, was cuffed on murder charges for allegedly killing his cousin, Nathaniel Cavazos, at an Albuquerque apartment complex on Thursday evening, according to police.
Gutierrez had arrived at the apartment that afternoon to visit Cavazos, 25, and another one of their cousins, and the three bought groceries and returned to the residence to cook green enchiladas and drink alcohol, according to an affidavit obtained by NBC News.
Gutierrez was repeatedly arguing that the chile on his enchiladas was hotter than the chiles on Cavazos’s plate and challenged his relative to try some of his.
Cavazos then contended that they were all eating the same enchiladas, so there wouldn’t be a difference in the spice level, the affidavit said.
Tensions began to escalate even as the third cousin suggested they take his dog for a walk to cool off. While outside, Cavazos and Gutierrez got into a fistfight, the third cousin told investigators.
Cavazos pummeled his spice-obsessed cousin hard enough to leave him bleeding and began walking away from the fight.
Gutierrez then whipped out a handgun and said, “We’re family! We’re family! How could you do this to me?” before blasting three or four gunshots toward his cousin, striking him in the back, the witness told police.
Cops arrived around 11 p.m. and found Cavazos dead in a pool of blood on a walkway between apartment buildings, the outlet reported.
A handgun belonging to Cavazos was also found roughly ten yards from his body.
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I guess they are like jalapeños. Some are like spicy pickles and some lay a whopping on you. You gotta look for the stress lines.
Are we sure the cousin gripping about the spice level is actually a Latino? I’ve NEVER heard a Latino, especially a Mexican, complain about food being too spicy. I think my boy was faking it and got caught...
It’s “red or green?” in New Mexico, just as it’s “hot or sweet?” (Italian sausage) in Massachusetts.
I used to love to visit New Mexico. La Placita in Albuquerque is my favorite Mexican restaurant in the world. However, from what I have been hearing, New Mexico has gotten to be a lot like Old Mexico.
Thanks. Never saw that one.
Now it’s on my list.
L
Only if they are shredded chicken enchiladas with verde sauce. Anything else only warrants a good beat down.
The State Question: Red or Green?
Leave it to the justice system to give him the whole enchilada.
Immigration status? If he's Illegal, Democrats will defend to the death. (hopefully theirs)
OK, someone with graphic skills whip up George Costanza with a sombrero and moustache saying “Was that wrong?”
That’s what the guy that got shot said, which is why when it comes to family and enchiladas you go straight to the hot lead
Good enough.
But did the dead guy put too much spice on the murderer’s enchilada?
Well that is pretty serious, Mexicans don’t mess around when it comes to tortillas
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