The New Mexico Department of Justice is reopening an investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s former Zorro Ranch. According to the New Mexico Department of Justice, the criminal investigation into allegations of illegal activity at the ranch will be reopened. The state had a prior investigation that was closed in 2019. The NMDOJ says the investigation was closed in 2019 at the request of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. NMDOJ officials say revelations found in previously sealed FBI documents warrant further examination. The department says special agents and prosecutors will be seeking complete and unredacted case files. The department will also work collaboratively with law enforcement partners and the newly formed legislative “Epstein Truth Commission” on the probe. On Tuesday, New Mexico’s truth commission had its first meeting. The bipartisan, four-member panel of state House representatives is charged with investigating allegations that the ranch may have facilitated sexual abuse and sex trafficking.New Mexico lawmakers also said they want to know why Epstein was not registered as a sex offender after pleading guilty in 2008 to soliciting prostitution from an underage girl and whether there was corruption among public officials.Epstein purchased the sprawling Zorro Ranch in New Mexico in 1993 from former Democratic Gov. Bruce King and built a 26,700-square-foot (2,480-square-meter) hilltop mansion with a private runway.The property was sold by Epstein’s estate in 2023 — with proceeds going toward creditors — to the family of Don Huffines, a Republican candidate in Texas for election to the office of state comptroller. In a social media post on X, Huffines said the property has been renamed San Rafael Ranch after a saint associated with healing and that his family plans to operate a Christian retreat there.
The New Mexico Department of Justice is reopening an investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s former Zorro Ranch.
According to the New Mexico Department of Justice, the criminal investigation into allegations of illegal activity at the ranch will be reopened. The state had a prior investigation that was closed in 2019.
The NMDOJ says the investigation was closed in 2019 at the request of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York.
NMDOJ officials say revelations found in previously sealed FBI documents warrant further examination.
The department says special agents and prosecutors will be seeking complete and unredacted case files. The department will also work collaboratively with law enforcement partners and the newly formed legislative “Epstein Truth Commission” on the probe.
On Tuesday, New Mexico’s truth commission had its first meeting. The bipartisan, four-member panel of state House representatives is charged with investigating allegations that the ranch may have facilitated sexual abuse and sex trafficking.
New Mexico lawmakers also said they want to know why Epstein was not registered as a sex offender after pleading guilty in 2008 to soliciting prostitution from an underage girl and whether there was corruption among public officials.
Epstein purchased the sprawling Zorro Ranch in New Mexico in 1993 from former Democratic Gov. Bruce King and built a 26,700-square-foot (2,480-square-meter) hilltop mansion with a private runway.
The property was sold by Epstein’s estate in 2023 — with proceeds going toward creditors — to the family of Don Huffines, a Republican candidate in Texas for election to the office of state comptroller. In a social media post on X, Huffines said the property has been renamed San Rafael Ranch after a saint associated with healing and that his family plans to operate a Christian retreat there.
