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Scrivener7

(59,534 posts)
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 12:36 PM Feb 19

Sudden demolition project begun days after NM commission formed to investigate Zorro Ranch

Last edited Thu Feb 19, 2026, 03:47 PM - Edit history (2)

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/mexico-lawmakers-pass-measure-aimed-230333420.html
Two days ago, New Mexico's state House voted unanimously to create a commission to investigate Jeffrey Epstein's Zorro Ranch. Among the probable reasons for the commission's creation was this:
Among the US Justice Department’s latest release of millions of pages of documents related to Epstein is a 2019 email sent to Eddy Aragon, the host of a local radio show, that alleged that “somewhere in the hills outside the Zorro, two foreign girls were buried on orders of Jeffrey and Madam G.”

“Both died by strangulation during rough, fetish sex,” the email claimed. The unverified allegations came from someone who claimed they were a former employee at the ranch. The sender of the email was redacted by the DOJ. It’s not clear that those allegations have been investigated by law enforcement.


The current owner has stated that no one has yet investigated the ranch.

HOWEVER, The Meidas Touch reports that, in an interview between Matt Gaetz and the current owner - who is a rabid maga moron - the owner has SUDDENLY undertaken a demolition and renovation project on the ranch. Because he's going to turn it into (drumroll) a Christian children's camp.
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So any evidence is likely gone.

And I do have to ask: WHY didn't WE investigate the ranch when WE had the power to do so? I always assumed it was ongoing. Clearly it was not.

Edited to clarify who currently owns the ranch. It's a maga guy, not Gaetz.
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Sudden demolition project begun days after NM commission formed to investigate Zorro Ranch (Original Post) Scrivener7 Feb 19 OP
They're just NOW getting around to investigating? leftstreet Feb 19 #1
DOJ evolves Feb 19 #17
The "DOJ"..... SergeStorms Feb 19 #30
Which DoJ? there have been FIVE since Epstein was first investigated. WarGamer Feb 19 #47
Enjoy orangecrush Feb 19 #53
I think there has only been one? Unless your counting it as the President's personal legal representative Ilikepurple Feb 19 #57
5 administrations, 7 Attorneys general... WarGamer Feb 20 #62
Why not put up a big gross ballroom so they could literally dance on the girls' graves? Walleye Feb 19 #2
We seem to be in an endless loop of hellscapes. Whyisthisstillclose Feb 19 #3
Watching this now. A Christian retreat for young children. OAITW r.2.0 Feb 19 #4
Don Huffines owns the ranch and his son Russell works at the White House MagickMuffin Feb 19 #13
So, who actually owns Epstein's baby brothel... GiqueCee Feb 19 #32
Huffines is the owner - I got confused by the OP wording too muriel_volestrangler Feb 19 #34
Thanks for the clarification... GiqueCee Feb 19 #37
Sorry. I edited to clarify. It is Huffines. He talked about the demolition on Gaetz's podcast. Scrivener7 Feb 19 #38
Yep, I'm convinced this was another quiet location for Epstein to traffic underage children OAITW r.2.0 Feb 19 #48
"So any evidence is likely gone." Wednesdays Feb 19 #5
Or someone knew. A maga guy who was in that republican meeting with Putin? AKA the new owner? Scrivener7 Feb 19 #7
The State can most likely get a judge to issue a warrant intheflow Feb 19 #8
I think this thread mixed up Gaetz & owner womanofthehills Feb 19 #52
Yeah, I see that the owner was an interviewee of Gaetz, rather than Gaetz himself Wednesdays Feb 19 #54
Buried bodies are not just what they are looking for womanofthehills Feb 19 #55
Could they have a cease and desist order until it's investigated? Why the rush now? Deuxcents Feb 19 #6
I have my guesses about why now, but yes, wouldn't you think it could be stopped? Scrivener7 Feb 19 #9
Isn't this the New Mexico Ranch that was owned by Epstein where it is rumored that Robin Leach killed a .. Botany Feb 19 #10
I hadn't heard about Robin Leach specifically. But seems like that story of girls being Scrivener7 Feb 19 #12
Robin Leach (perfect name) MagickMuffin Feb 19 #16
Oh, yuck. Wednesdays Feb 19 #58
There was a tip to the FBI about Robin Leach killing a girl at a party Wiz Imp Feb 19 #21
You might be right Botany Feb 19 #22
I'd heard about Robin Leach being apart of this MustLoveBeagles Feb 19 #29
A well planned coincidence. dalton99a Feb 19 #11
How to scream "I'm guilty of something" mwmisses4289 Feb 19 #14
If they are serious about investigating this bluestarone Feb 19 #15
Anyone confirmed this alleged "demolition" yet? flvegan Feb 19 #18
It was the owner who said it in an interview on Scrivener7 Feb 19 #19
So the answer is "no" then? flvegan Feb 19 #24
You've never watched Meidas Touch? To each their own, I guess. Scrivener7 Feb 19 #26
Meidas Touch does use the worst clickbait tactics for their videos muriel_volestrangler Feb 19 #35
Again, to each their own. Often they're where I first see reporting of the big stuff. Scrivener7 Feb 19 #36
Ouch! Snooty and opinionated. I like the opinionated better. babylonsister Feb 19 #50
PS, MT is where the Democratic reps creating the People's State of the Union have chosen to broadcast their event. Scrivener7 Feb 20 #63
Interesting. flvegan Feb 19 #43
No. You can either watch the video, or go find the information from a source that's more to your liking. Scrivener7 Feb 19 #44
Look at 5:16 min mark in thev video of Huffines interview....see a big ditch with a big shovel NowsTheTime Feb 19 #33
Just ask Ai - actually the ranch was vacant till Feb womanofthehills Feb 19 #59
question poozwah Feb 19 #20
Are they carting the evidence away or burying it deeper ToxMarz Feb 19 #23
Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous! BidenRocks Feb 19 #25
"Childrens Christian Ranch" Figarosmom Feb 19 #27
Absolutely sickening. calimary Feb 19 #39
San Rafael is the patron saint of dating/matchmaking. markodochartaigh Feb 19 #46
If it is deemed a CRIME SCENE, it can't be touched. nt Exp Feb 19 #28
See anybody stopping them? KPN Feb 19 #41
WHY didn't WE investigate the ranch when WE had the power to do so? Because pedophilia crosses all classes. LiberalArkie Feb 19 #31
Destroying evidence in plain sight. How far we have fallen as a nation of law and order ... not to mention equal rights KPN Feb 19 #40
Hope this gets picked up elsewhere across the nation. MSNBC, NBC? What are the chances? KPN Feb 19 #42
You will mainly see this info on social media womanofthehills Feb 19 #56
Yeah, that sounds about right. Too bad about corporate media. KPN Feb 20 #61
So the ranch's name was changed from "Zorro" which means "fox" markodochartaigh Feb 19 #45
All this evil. After awhile my mind goes numb. nt babylonsister Feb 19 #49
Has the state not filed to stop the demolition? SheltieLover Feb 19 #51
there seems to be one thing that everyone is forgetting NJCher Feb 20 #60
What bothers me is that the limp noodle Garland HAD THESE FILES DURING BIDEN'S administration and did PatrickforB Feb 20 #64
Simple fact. Scrivener7 Feb 20 #66
This message was self-deleted by its author Scrivener7 Feb 20 #65

leftstreet

(40,730 posts)
1. They're just NOW getting around to investigating?
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 12:38 PM
Feb 19

Good for the NM House, but where was the DOJ all this time?

DURec

SergeStorms

(20,599 posts)
30. The "DOJ".....
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 02:59 PM
Feb 19

has become the "Dump On Justice" arm of tRump's personal protection agency.

Their singular function is to protect tRump from accountability for his crimes. Oh, and revenge. How forgetful of me. 😏

Ilikepurple

(687 posts)
57. I think there has only been one? Unless your counting it as the President's personal legal representative
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 11:20 PM
Feb 19

Or maybe two since the changing of the guard this last year has been transformative enough to make that case.

OAITW r.2.0

(32,180 posts)
4. Watching this now. A Christian retreat for young children.
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 12:43 PM
Feb 19

Former Texas State Senator that went to Russia to try to help normalize relation with Putin's Russia.

Truly sickening.

MagickMuffin

(18,322 posts)
13. Don Huffines owns the ranch and his son Russell works at the White House
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 01:28 PM
Feb 19

Last edited Thu Feb 19, 2026, 05:17 PM - Edit history (1)


Predators birds of prey. They are all pedophiles.

And Don Huffines is currently running for state wide office and is a nazi white supremacist nationalist christian.

Don also bought the ranch sight unseen. He claims he's never ever stepped foot on the property. His wife signed the paperwork and they changed the name of the ranch, and bought it under a LLC to hid who purchased the ranch.


GiqueCee

(4,286 posts)
32. So, who actually owns Epstein's baby brothel...
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 03:16 PM
Feb 19

... Don Huffines or Matt Gaetz? Gaetz is a known serial philanderer and an Epstein wannabe, but he's a Republican, so he gets a pass.
Seems like the state of New Mexico could legally halt any and all demolition and/or construction to preserve potential evidence, could they not?
These evil monsters have to be put down like the rabid hyenas they are.

muriel_volestrangler

(106,227 posts)
34. Huffines is the owner - I got confused by the OP wording too
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 03:23 PM
Feb 19

Gaetz has a wingnut-welfare show at "One America News Network", and he interviewed Huffines, a former Texas State Senator.

Former Texas state Sen. Don Huffines (R), the owner of a New Mexico ranch previously owned by Jeffrey Epstein, said this week he plans on turning the property into a Christian retreat.

Huffines, who is also running for Texas comptroller, told former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) on his One America News Network show Tuesday that turning the ranch into a retreat “is the main reason” he bought the property. The property, which Huffines has renamed from Zorro Ranch to Rancho de San Rafael, was owned by Epstein for more than two decades until his death. It is located roughly 30 miles outside Santa Fe.

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5743734-huffines-christian-retreat-epstein-ranch/

My first thought was "Gaetz, credibly accused of raping underage girls, bought Epstein's ranch????"

But now, it just seems like the set-up for a bad horror movie - "they thought they were going to a religious retreat. But the sins of the former owner would turn their stay into a nightmare ...".

GiqueCee

(4,286 posts)
37. Thanks for the clarification...
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 03:30 PM
Feb 19

... I've no doubt that Huffines has a closet of his own that's cram-packed with skeletons. It seems likely that there's no such thing as a Republican that doesn't.

Scrivener7

(59,534 posts)
38. Sorry. I edited to clarify. It is Huffines. He talked about the demolition on Gaetz's podcast.
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 03:31 PM
Feb 19

OAITW r.2.0

(32,180 posts)
48. Yep, I'm convinced this was another quiet location for Epstein to traffic underage children
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 09:25 PM
Feb 19

Last edited Thu Feb 19, 2026, 10:13 PM - Edit history (1)

and entrap a whole world-class list of Degenerates.

Putin had the stolen Russian rubles. Epstein could channel funds via targeted Degenerates controlling financial channels. Money then laundered through big real estate investments ....and bankruptcies.


On edit. Check the flight logs/records of planes landing/Taking off from airports within 70 miles while Epstein was on the premise.

Wednesdays

(22,628 posts)
5. "So any evidence is likely gone."
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 01:03 PM
Feb 19

Last edited Thu Feb 19, 2026, 11:10 PM - Edit history (1)

Not necessarily.

They would have had to do an awful lot of digging to destroy the evidence. That is, unless the present owner knew where all the bodies were buried.

Scrivener7

(59,534 posts)
7. Or someone knew. A maga guy who was in that republican meeting with Putin? AKA the new owner?
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 01:13 PM
Feb 19

intheflow

(30,187 posts)
8. The State can most likely get a judge to issue a warrant
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 01:17 PM
Feb 19

and get the work shut down while the property is under investigation. I read an article on here last week (?) about forensic crime scenes. Things like blood can be surfaced cleaned, but that won’t necessarily catch every drop between floorboards. Or a building with, say, a crematorium could be demolished and burned but there may still be traceable chemicals in the surrounding dirt layers that indicate its past use. I hope that’s what is going to happen.

womanofthehills

(10,989 posts)
52. I think this thread mixed up Gaetz & owner
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 10:59 PM
Feb 19

Jerk that Gaetz is, there is no record of him ever socializing with Epstein. He’s with the Republicans wanting to see all the Epstein files.

Wednesdays

(22,628 posts)
54. Yeah, I see that the owner was an interviewee of Gaetz, rather than Gaetz himself
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 11:04 PM
Feb 19

Early on, I had read that Gaetz was the owner, which apparently is erroneous.

Thus, I'm correcting my post above.

womanofthehills

(10,989 posts)
55. Buried bodies are not just what they are looking for
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 11:05 PM
Feb 19

They also want answers of what politicians, FBI and CIA knew. Who knew what and covered it up.

Botany

(77,352 posts)
10. Isn't this the New Mexico Ranch that was owned by Epstein where it is rumored that Robin Leach killed a ..
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 01:18 PM
Feb 19

…. a young woman (girl) during “rough sex?”

Scrivener7

(59,534 posts)
12. I hadn't heard about Robin Leach specifically. But seems like that story of girls being
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 01:21 PM
Feb 19

killed there is widespread.

ETA: but jeez. What a creepy crowd. Robin Leach? Ewwww.

MagickMuffin

(18,322 posts)
16. Robin Leach (perfect name)
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 01:34 PM
Feb 19


I read an jmail where a model was speaking about an elobrate dinner and she had to sit next to the leach, and he would constantly put his hands all over her without consent. He even asked her if she would go to the bathroom pee in her panties and then give them to her for $5000.

🤢🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

Wednesdays

(22,628 posts)
58. Oh, yuck.
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 11:20 PM
Feb 19

I wouldn't accept a woman's peed-in panties even if she willingly gave them to me for free.

Indeed,
🤢🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

Wiz Imp

(10,024 posts)
21. There was a tip to the FBI about Robin Leach killing a girl at a party
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 02:07 PM
Feb 19

but it was not specified where that happened. I can find nothing specifically connecting him to Epstein's New MExico ranch.

Botany

(77,352 posts)
22. You might be right
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 02:17 PM
Feb 19

I kind of remember reading or seeing something about Epstein’s New Mexico property and
Robin Leach but I can’t find it now.

MustLoveBeagles

(16,460 posts)
29. I'd heard about Robin Leach being apart of this
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 02:55 PM
Feb 19

But I hadn't heard the murder part before now.

mwmisses4289

(4,211 posts)
14. How to scream "I'm guilty of something"
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 01:32 PM
Feb 19

without screaming "I'm guilty of something". Or rather, my son's boss is.
The current creep who owns the ranch is running for office in texas, and his son apparently has a post in the current maladminastration.

Scrivener7

(59,534 posts)
19. It was the owner who said it in an interview on
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 01:53 PM
Feb 19

Gaetz's podcast. The meidas touch video has the excerpt.

flvegan

(66,288 posts)
24. So the answer is "no" then?
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 02:18 PM
Feb 19

No offense, but I'm not clicking on nor monetizing any account with that sort of bullshit, ragebait title nor thumbnail (GIANT YELLOW ARROW OMGMGMGMG!!!! lol). I understand that The Outrage Factory feeds on clicks and likes, but they won't be mine.

Any specifics on this demo project, or is it just speculation? Summary?

Yeah, it's fucked up that the Zorro Ranch or whatever the fuck it is now wasn't sealed up for a complete investigation in the 90's when this became Epstein's House of Horrors - West. The guy was ONLY convicted of sex crimes in 2008, shame nobody did shit about it then or since. I just wonder why.

Scrivener7

(59,534 posts)
26. You've never watched Meidas Touch? To each their own, I guess.
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 02:21 PM
Feb 19

But if you've chosen not to avail yourself of the information given, there's not much for us to talk about.

muriel_volestrangler

(106,227 posts)
35. Meidas Touch does use the worst clickbait tactics for their videos
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 03:27 PM
Feb 19

and the only person I've seen a bit of on it was a hysterical waste of time - a really poor presenter. There's plenty of places to get information from without sitting through an awful example of the decline of modern media style.

babylonsister

(172,761 posts)
50. Ouch! Snooty and opinionated. I like the opinionated better.
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 10:31 PM
Feb 19

To each their own. Settle down (DON'T TELL ME TO SETTLE DOWN).

Peace!

flvegan

(66,288 posts)
43. Interesting.
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 04:57 PM
Feb 19

I can either watch the video ("avail myself of the information given&quot , or be uninformed. Cool tactic, lol.

Look, if you're unable or uninterested in providing any information outside of ragebait clickety YouTube monetary nonsense, just say so.

Have a good day nonetheless.

Scrivener7

(59,534 posts)
44. No. You can either watch the video, or go find the information from a source that's more to your liking.
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 05:05 PM
Feb 19

If you don't want to click on it, then don't. There are no tactics here. I'm not fighting with you.

NowsTheTime

(1,318 posts)
33. Look at 5:16 min mark in thev video of Huffines interview....see a big ditch with a big shovel
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 03:21 PM
Feb 19

womanofthehills

(10,989 posts)
59. Just ask Ai - actually the ranch was vacant till Feb
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 11:29 PM
Feb 19

The owner bought the ranch onseen or his wife did and he had not visited it. AI says construction started in Feb.

Why buy a ranch for huge bucks and not be interested enough in it to go see what you bought??

ToxMarz

(2,942 posts)
23. Are they carting the evidence away or burying it deeper
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 02:18 PM
Feb 19

Wouldn't be that hard to know the origination and destination of traffic going in and out. Any drone or satellite (or sherrif sitting on a public road) can do that.

BidenRocks

(3,279 posts)
25. Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous!
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 02:20 PM
Feb 19

That sounds so disgusting to me.
But then there are many who like the unreal Housewives shows.

Guess we'll find out what those "lifestyles" really were!

Figarosmom

(12,049 posts)
27. "Childrens Christian Ranch"
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 02:30 PM
Feb 19

That may as well be code for a child sex ranch.

Matt Gentz as in statutory rape Matt who will do anything for trump guy.

Yep, any bodies or evidence will be gone.

LiberalArkie

(19,820 posts)
31. WHY didn't WE investigate the ranch when WE had the power to do so? Because pedophilia crosses all classes.
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 03:16 PM
Feb 19

Democratic, Reupublican, non voting, rich, poor, male, female, gay, straight.

And most pedophiles do not consider it wrong, that is why they really can not be cured.

KPN

(17,379 posts)
40. Destroying evidence in plain sight. How far we have fallen as a nation of law and order ... not to mention equal rights
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 04:44 PM
Feb 19

and justice for all. We are now officially a Banana Republic in my book.

womanofthehills

(10,989 posts)
56. You will mainly see this info on social media
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 11:17 PM
Feb 19

On podcasts and reported by independent reporters like those on Breaking Points. Reporters and podcasters who don’t have to kiss ass to sponsors. Besides, most of the young get all their news off social media now.

KPN

(17,379 posts)
61. Yeah, that sounds about right. Too bad about corporate media.
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 02:36 AM
Feb 20

At 75, it really pisses me off.

markodochartaigh

(5,545 posts)
45. So the ranch's name was changed from "Zorro" which means "fox"
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 08:19 PM
Feb 19

to "San Rafael" who is the patron saint of dating/matchmaking.


Do I have that correct? Seriously, our reality needs better screenwriters.

NJCher

(43,188 posts)
60. there seems to be one thing that everyone is forgetting
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 01:55 AM
Feb 20

and that is they recorded everything. Documented everything. Much if not all of what went on there is most likely recorded and stored somewhere. It might very well be in the other millions of documents Pam Batty is protecting with her life.

There has been speculation about snuff films, which I don't know if I believe, but nothing is beyond the pale with this group of people. They never ever, ever in a million years thought they would be held accountable.

Start thinking of their abuse as "inventory," because that's what it is. They did not think of it as a crime. They thought of it as inventory with which they could blackmail and for which they would get tons of $$. That is why following the money is so important in this case.

Wow, recording a murder. Big $$ for that.




PatrickforB

(15,427 posts)
64. What bothers me is that the limp noodle Garland HAD THESE FILES DURING BIDEN'S administration and did
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 10:16 AM
Feb 20

NOTHING.

Now files are disappearing, being redacted and Fox propaganda network is working to minimize the whole thing.

I've always said the billionaire boyz are FUCKING PARASITES and now we see evidence of their predatory pedophilia being sanitized, covered up and even destroyed.

When (IF) Democrats ever take power again THERE HAD BETTER BE SOME TRIALS OF THESE SHITBAGS.

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