SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The state’s Economic Development Department and its top executives have been sued by two former agency administrators who allege they were fired for trying to expose wrongdoing in Gov. Susana Martinez’s administration.

Kurt Saenz, former chief financial officer and administrative services director, and Brent Eastwood, former international trade director, are seeking back pay and damages in their whistleblower lawsuit. The lawsuit was sealed when it was originally filed in state District Court earlier this year, and it only became part of public court records last week.