#JeffreyEpstein's former #ZorroRanch searched after revelations in FBI files, #NewMexico prosecutors say
March 10, 2026 / 9:13 AM EDT / CBS/AP
"State investigators began searching a secluded ranch in New Mexico on Monday where financier and sex offender Jeffrey #Epstein once entertained guests, following allegations that the property may have been used for sexual #abuse and sex #trafficking of young women.
"The office of state Attorney General Raúl Torrez announced that the search was being done with the cooperation of the current ranch owners.
"A spokesperson for the New Mexico Department of Justice said the department initiated the search with help from the New Mexico State Police and Sandoval County Sheriff's Office, whose jurisdiction includes the ranch.
"Torrez reopened an investigation in February into the ranch and activity that allegedly took place there prior to Epstein's 2019 death. The state attorney general said in an announcement at the time that the decision was tied to the then-recent release of the Epstein files.
"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 south of Santa Fe, in 1993 from former Democratic Gov. #BruceKing and built a hilltop mansion with a private runway."
#USPol #EpsteinFiles #MMIWG #MissingGirls #MissingWomen #SexTrafficking #WhereAreTheBodies
