New Mexico reopens criminal probe related to Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch
Al Jazeera
State officials say the information in unsealed FBI files ‘warrant further examination’ of a case closed in 2019.
New Mexico has reopened an investigation into possible illegal activity at a ranch formerly owned by disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Attorney General Raul Torrez made the announcement on Thursday. He referenced new information revealed in documents recently released by the United States Department of Justice.
More than three and a half million government files related to Epstein were published online on January 30, in response to a law compelling their release.
The New Mexico’s office said “revelations outlined in the previously sealed FBI files warrant further examination” of an earlier state investigation into Epstein’s Zorro Ranch, near the town of Stanley.
That probe had been ended at the request of federal prosecutors in New York in 2019, the same year Epstein was arrested and charged with trafficking minors for sex.
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