A second conspirator has pleaded guilty to federal charges in connection to a series of shootings targeting the homes of Democratic officials in New Mexico following a GOP candidate’s failed campaign in a 2022 local election, according to court documents.
A second conspirator has pleaded guilty to federal charges in connection to a series of shootings targeting the homes of Democratic officials in New Mexico following a GOP candidate’s failed campaign in a 2022 local election, according to court documents.
Demetrio Trujillo told prosecutors that he’d been paid by Solomon Peña, who had selected the targets because he believed that they’d rigged an election against him in 2022.
Photo Illustration by Erin O’Flynn/The Daily Beast/ReutersA New Mexico man admitted that he was paid by a failed Republican candidate to target the homes of his political rivals.Demetrio Trujillo pled guilty to carrying out three drive-by shootings at the homes of election officials in 2022, according to court documents filed on Friday in Albuquerque District Court.Trujillo told prosecutors that he’d been paid by Solomon Peña, who’d selected the targets because he believed that they’d rigged the
A second New Mexico man has pleaded guilty to targeting Democrat officeholders in an intimidation scheme concocted by the GOP loser of an election for state representative.