Susana Martinez | TIME 100: The Most Influential People in the World

New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez has been named by Time magazine to its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. At 18 and armed with a Smith & Wesson .357 Magnum, Susana Martinez guarded parking lots at church bingo nights for her parents’ security business.

She later attended law school, becoming a prosecutor and handling child-abuse and homicide cases. Fired by her boss after being called to testify against him, she challenged him at the polls, eventually winning four terms as Doña Ana County district attorney.

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