ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – New Mexico GOP leaders are breathing a sigh of relief Monday after federal investigators arrested the man connected to not one, but two separate arson attacks in the metro.

KOB 4 told you about those fires at the Tesla dealership near Rio Rancho and the Republican Party Headquarters in Albuquerque. Investigators with the U.S. Attorney’s office say Jamison Wagner is behind both attacks.

Republican Party leaders say they know things could’ve been much worse.

Federal court documents allege Wagner used homemade, flammable devices to attack both the Tesla dealership and Republican Party headquarters early 2025. 

No one was injured in either attack, but Wagner reportedly destroyed two Tesla vehicles, and the front entrance to the GOP headquarters. 

Investigators believe he’s also responsible for a lot of politically-charged graffiti, comparing Elon Musk to Nazis and ICE to the KKK.

“This domestic terrorism. There’s just no room for it. We are going to just continue to ask for the rhetoric to be turned down. We understand that there are consequences to elections,” Leticia Muñoz, executive director of the Republican Party of New Mexico. “We know that there’s a lot of people that aren’t happy. There were a lot of us that weren’t happy, you know, when Biden’s administration started, but all we can do is, you know, deal with the changes that are going to take place.”

Federal investigators with the U.S. Attorney’s office say they connected Wagner to both attacks through surveillance video, and then arson equipment and graffiti supplies found inside his Albuquerque home.

Republican Party leaders say it took less than two weeks to get Wagner behind bars.

“There was a lot of evidence actually left here. So we were feeling pretty hopeful that with that evidence, if it was going to be tied to another incident and or linked to anyone we knew that, or we’re hoping, I guess, that it would be done quickly,” said Wagner. 

A federal judge is expected to decide this week if Wagner should stay in jail before his trial where he could be facing up to 40 years in federal prison.

Republican Party leaders say they already have crews working on the repairs, replacing those front doors and taking care of extensive smoke damage.

They expect they’ll be up and running by the end of May at the earliest.