Former Republican candidate arrested for conspiracy to target Democratic officials

US police have arrested the former Republican candidate for the US House of Representatives from New Mexico, Solomon Pena, on charges of conspiring and paying four men to shoot up the homes of four Democratic officials.

Albuquerque Police Chief Harold Medina, the most populous city in New Mexico, said Pena was the mastermind behind the shootings, which were politically motivated, according to The Hill.

Pena lost the election, when he was a Republican candidate for the state of New Mexico on November 14, to Democrat Miguel Garcia, and he won only 26% of the vote.

Pena said in a tweet earlier that he would never give up on his goal, and that he was looking at his options.

The police said in a press conference that his loss in the election may have been the motive behind his payment of money to people to shoot at the homes of Democratic officials, and indicated that Pena was in a car with one of the suspects immediately after the shooting, and a gun was found in the car, and the investigation continues. In search of other suspects.

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