Overview

• The court imposed a 960-month prison term along with a $250,000 fine and restitution, followed by three years of supervised release.
• A March trial established that Peña provided cash, addresses and instructions to gunmen who targeted four Democratic officials in Albuquerque with military-style weapons.
• One attack employed a fully automatic machine gun and sent bullets through a state senator’s 10-year-old daughter’s bedroom, though no one was physically injured.
• After his January 2023 arrest, Peña attempted to bribe inmates with money and a vehicle to kill co-defendants Jose and Demetrio Trujillo before they could testify.
• His co-conspirators are serving 37- and 180-month sentences, and Peña’s attorneys have signaled they will appeal the convictions.