New Mexico Attorney General Seeks Epstein Survivors' Help In Zorro Ranch Probe
New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez on May 26, 2026 publicly urged survivors of Jeffrey Epstein to contact his office to assist a criminal investigation into Zorro Ranch in New Mexico.[1]
The state opened the investigation in February 2026 after new information surfaced in files released by the U.S. Justice Department beginning in December 2025.[1] Investigators executed a search of the nearly 10,000-acre Zorro Ranch in March 2026.[1] The ranch was bought by Epstein in 1993 and sold to the Huffines family in 2023.[1]
Files from Jeffrey Epstein's case were released by the U.S. Justice Department beginning in December 2025, and those records referenced Zorro Ranch thousands of times.[1] Multiple women identified the ranch as a site of abuse during interviews that surfaced in the released files.[1]
Torrez said survivors who contact his office can provide evidence that may inform possible charges as investigators review the records and other leads.[1]
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- On May 26, 2026, New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez publicly urged Jeffrey Epstein survivors to contact his office to assist a criminal investigation into Zorro Ranch.
- New Mexico authorities opened a criminal investigation into alleged crimes at the nearly 10,000-acre Zorro Ranch in February 2026, citing new information from Epstein files released by the U.S. Justice Department starting in December 2025.
- State investigators executed a search of Zorro Ranch in March 2026; the property, bought by Epstein in 1993 and sold to the Huffines family in 2023, is mentioned thousands of times in the Epstein files and has been cited by multiple women as a site of abuse.
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