GOP Candidate Indicted
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The New Mexico State Legislature's Indictment of Pea
Peña has been held without bail since his January arrest on charges in state district court related to the shootings. Police have described Peña as the instigator of a politically motivated conspiracy leading to shootings at the homes of two county commissioners and two state legislators. Now, amid the shootings, Peña later texted one of several unnamed conspirators in the indictment to say it is our duty as statesmen and patriots to stop the oligarchs from taking over the country. Elizabeth Haunts, a defense attorney for Peña, said her client maintains his innocence.
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