Man who helped shoot the homes of NM elected officials gets shorter sentence
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A man who was hired to shoot up the homes of New Mexico Democrats was shown some leniency by the courts and sentenced to a little more than three years in prison.
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Jose Louise Trujillo, along with his father Demetrio Trujillo, was hired by Solomon Peña to intimidate four elected officials after Peña lost his race for state representative. Today, Judge Kea Riggs told Trujillo he was getting an opportunity to change his life after granting a lighter sentence.
More than two years ago, Solomon Peña was arrested for orchestrating a series of shootings in 2022 and 2023, targeting four democratic elected officials he considered his political enemies, after he lost his race to be a republican state representative.
'To me, this was one of those special cases that wasn't just a victim, it was a threat on democracy,' said Chief Harold Medina, Albuquerque Police Department.
Peña hired Jose Louise Trujillo and his father, Demetrio Trujillo, to help him carry out the shootings. In the plea agreement, Jose Louise Trujillo admits to being paid by Peña to break windows, slash tires, and shoot at the homes of the victims. Over five weeks, the homes of Bernalillo County Commissioner Adriann Barboa, then incoming Speaker of the House Javier Martinez, then Bernalillo County Commissioner Debbie O'Malley, and State Senator Linda Lopez, were hit.
Jose Trujillo was apprehended during a traffic stop where police found nearly 900 fentanyl pills in his car, along with two guns, an AR-15, and a Glock, which was later connected to the shootings.
'I remember the fact that it had a Glock switch and it was a fully automatic firearm and recognizing that there were a lot of lives put in danger that day with this individual's actions,' said Chief Medina.
Thursday in federal court, prosecutors spoke on Trujillo's behalf, asking the judge to recognize Trujillo's courage to cooperate with the FBI despite multiple threats to his well-being. Jose Trujillo was emotional, apologizing for his actions and knowing he had hurt people. He also described how, in the time he's been incarcerated, he's been spit on, beaten, and even stabbed for his cooperation with authorities.
'I believe it's a reflection of Mr. Trujillo's, Jose Trujillo's maturity in the past two and half plus years and of his acceptance of the poor decisions he made that led him here and led him to get this sentence today,' said Trujillo's defense attorney, John Anderson, with Holland & Hart.
Trujillo's defense said his client was 'groomed' by Solomon Peña, something the judge took into account, along with Trujillo's lack of any political motivation. She sentenced him to three years and one month in prison. 'Well, today marked the end of a lengthy ordeal for Mr. Jose Trujillo. It was one in which he truly came to terms with his own responsibility and culpability,' said Anderson.
Jose Trujillo's time served in the last two years will count towards his sentence, meaning he could be released in the next three to four months. Wednesday, Jose Trujillo's father, Demetrio Trujillo, was sentenced to fifteen years in prison. Soloman Peña is expected to be sentenced in July.
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