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Failed GOP candidate arrested on suspicion of orchestrating shootings at homes of Democrats in New Mexico, police say

Posted on AllSides January 17th, 2023
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Roberto E. Rosales/Albuquerque Journal/Zuma Press Wire/Newscom

A Republican former candidate for New Mexico’s legislature who police say claimed election fraud after his defeat has been arrested on suspicion of orchestrating recent shootings that damaged homes of Democratic elected leaders in the state, police said.

Solomon Peña, who lost his 2022 run for state House District 14, was arrested Monday by Albuquerque police, accused of paying and conspiring with four men to shoot at the homes of two state legislators and two county commissioners, authorities said.

“It is believed he is the mastermind” behind the shootings that happened in December and...

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https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/17/us/solomon-pena-arrested-new-mexico-shootings/index.html

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