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The office of state Attorney General Raúl Torrez announced that
the search was being done with the cooperation of the current
ranch owners.
Torrez last month reopened an investigation of the ranch. New
Mexico’s initial case was closed in 2019 at the request of
federal prosecutors in New York, and state prosecutors say now
that “revelations outlined in the previously sealed FBI files
warrant further examination.”
Epstein purchased the sprawling Zorro Ranch in Stanley, New
Mexico, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) south of Santa Fe, in
1993 from former Democratic Gov. Bruce King and built a 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 candidate in Texas for state comptroller who won the
Republican primary last week.
“The New Mexico Department of Justice appreciates the
cooperation of the current property owners,” the agency said in
a statement. Prosecutors “will continue to keep the public
appropriately informed, support the survivors, and follow the
facts wherever they lead.”
Additionally, New Mexico state legislators have established a
new commission to look into past activities at the ranch.
Epstein killed himself in a Manhattan jail while awaiting trial
in 2019 on charges that he sexually abused and trafficked dozens
of underage girls.
Epstein never faced charges in New Mexico, but the state
attorney general’s office in 2019 confirmed that it had
interviewed possible victims who visited Epstein's ranch.
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