{"id":514974,"date":"2026-03-10T12:19:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/514974\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:19:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:19:08","slug":"us-investigators-begin-search-of-epsteins-former-ranch-in-new-mexico-crime-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/514974\/","title":{"rendered":"US investigators begin search of Epstein\u2019s former ranch in New Mexico | Crime News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__subhead\">Search comes after the\u00a0release of investigative files renewed attention to sex offender\u2019s activities at the Zorro Ranch.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to this article\u00a0|\u00a02 mins<\/p>\n<p>info<a class=\"avatar\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/author\/powerj\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1773145148_30_jp-1730786685-rotated.jpg\"   aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Published On 10 Mar 202610 Mar 2026<\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p>share2<\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<p>plus2googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo<\/p>\n<p>Investigators in the United States have\u00a0begun\u00a0searching\u00a0the late sex offender\u00a0Jeffrey Epstein\u2019s\u00a0former ranch in\u00a0New Mexico, authorities have said.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0search of\u00a0Epstein\u2019s Zorro Ranch on Monday came after the\u00a0release\u00a0of millions of investigative files\u00a0raised pressure on authorities to\u00a0reexamine\u00a0the\u00a0late financier\u2019s\u00a0treatment\u00a0of women and girls\u00a0at the remote property.<\/p>\n<p>Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list<\/p>\n<p>New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez last month ordered authorities to take a renewed look at Epstein after the southwestern state closed a prior investigation in 2019 at the request of federal prosecutors.<\/p>\n<p>State lawmakers are also reexamining Epstein\u2019s activities in New Mexico via a bipartisan \u201ctruth commission\u201d equipped with subpoena powers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe urge the public to please stay away from the area and ground any drone activity nearby to avoid interfering with the ongoing law enforcement operation,\u201d the New Mexico Department of Justice said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe New Mexico Department of Justice will continue to keep the public appropriately informed, support the survivors, and follow the facts wherever they lead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Epstein owned the property, located about 50km (30 miles) south of Santa Fe, from 1993 until his death in 2019 following his indictment on sex trafficking charges.<\/p>\n<p>Epstein\u00a0accusers, including the late <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/4\/26\/epstein-prince-andrew-accuser-virginia-giuffre-dies-by-suicide-family\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Virginia Giuffre<\/a>,\u00a0have\u00a0said they suffered abuse at the property, though the late financier was never charged with any crimes in connection with the site while he was alive.<\/p>\n<p>The US Department of Justice\u2019s latest release of files about Epstein in January contains numerous unsubstantiated \u2013 and in some cases implausible \u2013 tips related to the sex offender and his associates.<\/p>\n<p>They include an email from a purported former Zorro Ranch employee who offered to provide videos of Epstein abusing minors in exchange for payment of one Bitcoin.<\/p>\n<p>The anonymous sender also claimed that the bodies of two foreign girls had been buried in the hills outside the ranch on the orders of Epstein and his former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Search comes after the\u00a0release of investigative files renewed attention to sex offender\u2019s activities at the Zorro Ranch. 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