{"id":30462,"date":"2026-02-20T05:20:55","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T10:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=30462"},"modified":"2026-02-20T05:20:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T10:20:55","slug":"new-mexico-reopens-criminal-inquiry-into-jeffrey-epsteins-zorro-ranch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2026\/02\/20\/new-mexico-reopens-criminal-inquiry-into-jeffrey-epsteins-zorro-ranch\/","title":{"rendered":"New Mexico reopens criminal inquiry into Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The US state of New Mexico will reopen a criminal probe into a ranch once owned by Jeffrey Epstein, following allegations that surfaced in justice department files on the convicted sex offender.<\/b><\/p>\n

State prosecutors said they would seek full access to unredacted Epstein files relating to the Zorro Ranch, held by federal investigators in Washington DC.<\/p>\n

They also pledged to work with a so-called Epstein truth commission set up this week in New Mexico.<\/p>\n

The state shelved its initial investigation into the ranch in 2019 upon request from federal prosecutors in New York. Epstein, who died in a Manhattan jail in 2019, faced no charges in New Mexico.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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State Attorney General Ra\u00fal Torrez said on X that his office “will take a broad and comprehensive” look at the Zorro Ranch.<\/p>\n

He said they would work with an Epstein truth commission, set up by state legislators on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The bipartisan, four-member panel is investigating allegations that the ranch might have facilitated sexual abuse and sex trafficking.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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