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A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced Solomon Pe帽a to 80 years in prison for orchestrating a string of shootings at the homes of four Democratic elected officials following his loss as a Republican candidate for the state Legislature.

U.S. District Judge Kea W. Riggs also chastised Pe帽a for his apparent lack of remorse for crimes that led a federal jury in March to convict Pe帽a of 13 felonies in the case.

鈥淭his is a case that had no reason to happen,鈥� Riggs told Pe帽a minutes before handing down his sentence. 鈥淚t boils down to your ego. You could not accept the fact that you lost a race for the House of Representatives.鈥�

Pe帽a, who ran in the 2022 election for the District 14 seat, couldn鈥檛 believe 鈥渢hat he had lost an election鈥� and initially pressured members of the Bernalillo County Commission not to certify the results of the election, Riggs said. On Jan. 6, 2021, he traveled to Washington, D.C., to participate in the pro-Trump rally that turned violent.

Pe帽a exacted a 鈥渟ophisticated scheme of revenge鈥� in enlisting two 鈥減olitically unsophisticated鈥� co-defendants, Demetrio Trujillo, 43, and his son, Jose Trujillo, 24, to shoot up the Albuquerque area homes of two Bernalillo County commissioners and two state legislators, in some cases endangering children, Riggs said.

鈥淵ou did it with glee and you did it with excitement,鈥� she said. 鈥淚t is beyond a miracle, as I said before, that nobody was hurt or killed.鈥�

Pe帽a, 42, stood before the judge Wednesday in handcuffs and shackles and wearing a green prison uniform. He declined to make a statement before his sentencing.

At Pe帽a鈥檚 trial in March, prosecutors said that on Jan. 3, 2023, Jose Trujillo fired 12 rounds from a fully automatic machine gun at the home where state Sen. Linda Lopez and her 10-year-old daughter slept. Pe帽a himself fired once before his gun jammed.

Two targets of the shootings made statements Wednesday, speaking of the lasting impact of the attacks and their continued desire to uphold the democratic process.

鈥淥ur lives are changed forever,鈥� Lopez told the judge. She and her children have undergone counseling since the shooting. 鈥淲e can鈥檛 enjoy fireworks anymore. We listen for any noise at night. The shooting of our home shattered what I was trying to provide for my children.鈥�

But she added, 鈥淥ur democracy must not bend to fear.鈥�

Other elected officials targeted in the shootings were Bernalillo County Commissioner Adriann Barboa, former county commissioner and now state Sen. Debbie O鈥橫alley, and House Speaker Javier Mart铆nez, D-Albuquerque.

鈥淭oday is about accountability,鈥� Mart铆nez鈥檚 wife, Diana Mart铆nez, testified Wednesday. 鈥淭he harm was real and the trauma has not ended.鈥�

Mart铆nez said she found bullet holes in her garage and her shower after the shooting. Javier Mart铆nez didn鈥檛 speak at the hearing.

During her testimony, Lopez told the judge, 鈥淚 lived the horror.鈥�

鈥淚 heard those gunshots hit my home, knowing my children were in the home,鈥� she said.

Both of the Trujillos pleaded guilty earlier this year to multiple federal charges connected to the shootings. In May, two months after Pe帽a鈥檚 trial, the judge sentenced Demetrio Trujillo to 15 years in prison and his son, Jose Trujillo, to 37 months.

The Trujillos testified at trial that Pe帽a conspired with them to shoot up the elected official鈥檚 homes between Dec. 4, 2022, and Jan. 3, 2023.

Pe帽a鈥檚 attorney, Nicholas Hart, told the judge Wednesday that Pe帽a maintains his innocence and intends to appeal his convictions.

Hart also asked Riggs to sentence Pe帽a to the mandatory minimum sentence of 60 years in prison, arguing that some killers and sex offenders received federal sentences far shorter than 60 years.

Riggs rejected Hart鈥檚 arguments, saying that the mandatory minimum sentence would hold Pe帽a accountable for only a portion of his criminal convictions.

鈥淵ou stand there with absolutely no remorse for what you have done,鈥� Riggs told Pe帽a. Riggs also fined Pe帽a $250,000, noting that she had reviewed a statement showing that he has 鈥渟ignificant financial assets.鈥�

Federal prosecutors asked the judge to sentence Pe帽a to at least 90 years in prison.

鈥淭he defendant stands before this court not accepting an ounce of responsibility for his actions,鈥� said Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeremy Pe帽a, who isn鈥檛 related to the defendant.

In a sentencing memorandum filed last week, prosecutors argued that a 90-year sentence would help deter others tempted to use violence to achieve political ends.

鈥淭he terror that those officials and families felt was real 鈥� but his real target was the American political system,鈥� the U.S. Attorney鈥檚 Office wrote in the memorandum. 鈥淗e attacked the principle that citizens should be able to run for and hold public office without fear of violence.鈥�

Prosecutors also cited Pe帽a鈥檚 attempts to eliminate his co-defendants by offering a car and $10,000 to any inmate who could kill Jose or Demetrio Trujillo, for which Pe帽a was convicted of three counts of solicitation to commit a crime of violence.

The case was prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney鈥檚 Office in New Mexico, and the U.S. Department of Justice鈥檚 Public Integrity Section. That criminal division was created after the Watergate scandal to handle public corruption prosecutions, but has been significantly downsized by attorney resignations and terminations since President Donald Trump took office, according to news reports.

The trial attorney from that section, Ryan Crosswell, who has been praised by the U.S. Attorney鈥檚 Office in New Mexico for his 鈥渟ignificant assistance鈥� in the Pe帽a prosecution withdrew in February before Pe帽a went to trial.

Crosswell resigned in protest after top officials at the DOJ directed the public integrity section to support the dismissal of an indictment against New York City Mayor Eric Adams 鈥� without a proper review of the case鈥檚 merits, news reports state. He was replaced by William Gullota, a trial attorney with the same section, based in Washington, D.C. Gullota didn鈥檛 attend Wednesday鈥檚 sentencing hearing in Albuquerque.

The DOJ on Wednesday didn鈥檛 return a Journal request for comment about the Pe帽a case.