Failed New Mexico candidate found guilty in plot to shoot Democratic officials


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  • Friday, 21 Mar 2025

FILE PHOTO: Solomon Pena poses for a jail booking photograph after his arrest by the Albuquerque Police Department in Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S. January 17, 2023. Metropolitan Detention Center/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

-A New Mexico jury found a failed Republican candidate for the state House of Representatives guilty on all counts related to a series of drive-by shootings at the homes of Democratic officials in Albuquerque, prosecutors said on Thursday.

Solomon Pena was convicted on 13 felony charges including three counts of solicitation to commit a crime of violence.

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