New Mexico Lawmakers Consider Investigating Jeffrey Epstein's Secluded Desert Ranch

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Huff Post/AP

Nov 7, 2025, 12:36 PM EST


SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A secluded desert ranch where financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein once entertained guests is coming under new scrutiny in New Mexico, where two state legislators are proposing an investigative “truth commission” to guard against sex trafficking in the future.

Democratic state Rep. Andrea Romero of Santa Fe said several survivors of Epstein’s abuse have signaled that sex trafficking activity extended to Zorro Ranch, a sprawling property with a hilltop mansion and private runway about 35 miles (56 kilometers) south of the state’s capital city. Yet not enough is known about what went on there for the state to take precautions against abuse in the future, she said.

“This commission will specifically seek the truth about what officials knew, how crimes were unreported or reported, and how the state can ensure that this essentially never happens again,” Romero told a panel of legislators on Thursday. “There’s no complete record of what occurred.”

The investigation, with a proposed $2.5 million budget, would thrust New Mexico into an international array of probes into Epstein’s associations that is roiling the U.S. Congress and prompted King Charles III on Thursday to formally strip brother Andrew Mountbatten Windsor of the title of prince.

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nm-lawmakers-consider-inquiry-into-jeffrey-epsteins-ranch_n_690e2c36e4b0d142901efb07

[bluestarone]

1. I hope this is BIG!!

[OC375]

2. Considering?

Wow. I guess I had just assumed these places had all been scoured years ago. Sad.

[reACTIONary]

6. I don't think they are talking about a physical search.....

..."The property was sold by Epstein’s estate in 2023, with proceeds going to creditors."

[Snoopy 7]

12. IF not

They just gave them time to remove evidence since they gave them a waring that they are coming...

[UpInArms]

3. Too much

has gone unknown for too long

[Srkdqltr]

4. They haven't yet?

Do they think there will be anything there after all this time.

[mdbl]

5. Let's tell em we are considering it

give em some time to clean it out.

[reACTIONary]

7. It doesn't seem to be a physical search, since....

... The property was sold by Epstein’s estate in 2023, with proceeds going to creditors.

[Srkdqltr]

8. Oh ok, that makes more sense.

[phxjurist]

9. Where has NM been? Why did they wait so long?

[ancianita]

10. It's complicated. One third of its land is federally owned, and the state has a big military presence.

Most of its voting citizens are not middle class.

Maybe its historical culture can help explain its politics.

Take a look here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Mexico

[Aussie105]

11. New Mexico . . .

Secluded ranch.
'Entertained' guests.
Own runway.

Sounds like a House of Ill repute to me.

I'm guessing flight records of who flew in aren't available.

I actually like New Mexico, t is very much like the Australian Outback.
But I doubt if that ranch was a place that attracted legit tourists to look at the local scenery.

Zorro Ranch gets a mention on Wikipedia.

[DrFunkenstein]

13. Enigmas never age, have you noticed that?

May every day reveal another "wonderful secret."

[ck4829]

14. K&R