Weather derails New Mexico governor's trip to Tennessee

April 5, 2017 at 12:36 p.m. | Updated April 5, 2017 at 12:36 p.m.

by Associated Press

In this Sept. 15, 2016 photo, New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez awaits her turn to speak about Facebook's planned data center during a news conference in Los Lunas, N.M. Martinez on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016, stepped up pressure on lawmakers to consider reinstating the death penalty by promising to add the issue to a legislative agenda for a pending special session. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)
In this Sept. 15, 2016 photo, New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez awaits her turn to speak about Facebook's planned data center during a news conference in Los Lunas, N.M. Martinez on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016, stepped up pressure on lawmakers to consider reinstating the death penalty by promising to add the issue to a legislative agenda for a pending special session. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - Gov. Susana Martinez's quick trip Tennessee has been derailed by weather.

The governor's office confirmed that Martinez was unable to make the trip to Nashville to speak at a law enforcement conference hosted by the Tennessee Highway Patrol.

The two-term Republican governor's flight was delayed due to weather and as a result she didn't go.

Martinez had been invited as part of an effort to encourage women to take up leadership roles in public safety.

A former prosecutor and the nation's only Latina governor, Martinez would have joined officials from Minnesota, Michigan and elsewhere for the conference.

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