Overview
- State authorities began the on-site search March 9 at Attorney General Raúl Torrez’s direction, with New Mexico State Police and the Sandoval County Sheriff’s Office assisting and the current owners granting access.
- Investigators asked the public to avoid the area and to ground drones as they proceed with the probe into alleged illegal activity at the ranch before Jeffrey Epstein’s 2019 death.
- In February, New Mexico reopened its criminal investigation after DOJ releases of previously sealed Epstein files, alongside the creation of a bipartisan legislative Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
- Hundreds rallied outside the ranch on March 8 in a Women’s March action, where Virginia Giuffre’s brothers and other speakers pressed for the release of unredacted federal records, including visitor logs.
- Among the disclosed records is an unverified 2019 anonymous email alleging burials near the property, which officials say requires further corroboration as investigators seek original files and confront time and ownership-related evidence challenges.