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From the Justice Department:
Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Albuquerque Field Office, announced today that Demetrio Trujillo pled guilty to conspiracy, two counts of interference with federally protected activities, using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, and discharging said firearm. Trujillo, 42, will remain in custody pending sentencing, which has not been scheduled.
A federal grand jury indicted Trujillo on May 24, 2023, along with his son, Jose Louise Trujillo, and Solomon Peña. According to court records, Trujillo met Peña through acquaintances and knew that Peña campaigned to become the District 14 representative in the New Mexico House of Representatives in 2022.
Following his electoral defeat in November 2022, Peña claimed to Trujillo and others that the election had been rigged against him.
Peña decided to pressure members of the Bernalillo County Board of Commissioners to refuse to certify the results of the election and offered to pay Trujillo to help him.
On November 21, 2022, the Bernalillo County Board of Commissioners voted to certify the results of the election that Peña lost. At that time, Peña and Trujillo decided to move forward with Peña’s plan to intimidate his political targets.
On Dec. 4, 2022, Peña paid Trujillo to shoot a firearm at the private residence of a former candidate for elective office that Peña had chosen as a target for intimidation.
On Dec. 8, 2022, Peña paid Trujillo to shoot a firearm at the private residence of another former candidate for elective office to intimidate the target from campaigning as a candidate.
On Jan. 3, 2023, Peña and Trujillo drove to the residence of a third individual who Peña had targeted because they were a former candidate for elective office and carried out a shooting to intimate the target from campaigning.
At sentencing, Trujillo faces up to life in prison followed by 5 years of supervised release and may be ordered to pay fines not to exceed $1 million. Solomon Peña is currently scheduled to stand trial in June 2024.
Read the full press release.
Self proclaimed MAGA King, Solomon Pena’s pinned tweet below affirming his loyalty to Trump.
After researching his options, he apparently came to the conclusion that shooting at other elected officials homes was the best course of action.#MorningJoe https://t.co/aQtSNvXfw0— Luke (@JDLuckenbach) January 17, 2023
“MAGA King” Solomon Pena followed the @GOP trend of refusing to accept a loss and went a step further than suing, He’s connected to a string of drive by shootings targeting Democrats because that’s the direction DC MAGA has taken. Any bets on who’s the first to visit him in jail? pic.twitter.com/JfPQX4UKkz
— Brown Eyed Susan🟧🟦 (@smc429) January 17, 2023