Authorities called election denier Solomon Peña the “mastermind” behind four shooting attacks targeting Democratic lawmakers in New Mexico.
for state office to Democrat Miguel P. Garcia, who was not singled out in the attacks. Following his loss, Peña contacted various lawmakers claiming to have evidence of electoral fraud. Several lawmakers reported that Peña came to their homes and engaged in aggressive confrontations with them.Peña then “reached out and contracted someone for an amount of cash money to commit at least two of these shootings.” One shooting reportedly took place “within hours” of the call being made.
Police determined that two other shooting attacks against Democratic officials being investigatedAlbuquerque Mayor Tim Keller told reporters that the arrest confirmed “that these shootings were indeed politically motivated.” Keller called Peña a “right-wing radical” and “election denier” who “did the worst imaginable thing you can do when you have a political disagreement — which is turn that to violence.” for his arrest and the end to the spree of violence.
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