SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – A recording from a police sergeant’s belt recorder suggests New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez was inebriated the night officers responded to a noise complaint at a downtown hotel where she was hosting a holiday party.
Santa Fe police released the recording Tuesday, shedding more light on the Dec. 13 incident that has resulted in a flood of social media posts criticizing the Republican governor for her response to the situation.
A clerk at the Eldorado Hotel and Spa initially called police to report noise and rowdy behavior.
In the latest recording, the governor tells a hotel employee and the police sergeant that complaints about bottles being thrown from a balcony had been resolved.
Martinez’s speech is halting and lilting as she describes the situation in an upstairs hotel room after the ballroom gala.