Epstein’s New Mexico Ranch Was Never Searched, Maybe That Wasn’t an Accident

New Mexico’s former Attorney General Hector Balderas was actively building a case against Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch.

His investigators uncovered serious accusations of sex trafficking on the property. Then they handed everything over to federal prosecutor Maureen Comey at the Southern District of New York. She happens to be the daughter of James Comey, the man who ran the FBI during much of the Epstein era. Her response? She told New Mexico to cease their investigation.

This was a pivotal moment. From that moment, Zorro Ranch went untouched.

Internally, Epstein called the ranch “the farm.” The New York Times reported he wanted to use the property to impregnate women two at a time in an attempt to seed what he considered a superior gene pool. One victim described herself as a “human incubator” and was worried about being sent there. This was not just another property in his portfolio. This was the centerpiece of something far darker.

Then the evidence started disappearing. In 2018, a burglary at the ranch resulted in stolen guns and an important safe. In 2020, another break-in targeted a storage shed. Meanwhile, a 2019 email from an alleged former employee claimed two foreign girls were buried in the hills behind the property, strangled during acts of violence. The email was forwarded to the FBI. No investigation followed. In 2023, with zero forensic examination ever conducted, the ranch was sold to the family of Don Huffines, a former Texas Republican state senator whose son Russell now works in the White House. The family began major construction, saying they plan to convert the property into a Christian retreat.

New Mexico has finally had enough. Recently the state legislature unanimously created a Truth Commission with subpoena power and a $2.5 million budget to investigate what happened at Zorro Ranch. The commission can compel witnesses to testify and its findings can lead to prosecutions. State Rep. Marianna Anaya said the goal is to hold accountable “not just Jeffrey Epstein himself, but those who enabled him, as well as institutions that failed these survivors.”

The real question was never why no one investigated Zorro Ranch. Someone did. They were told to stop. The question is who benefited from that order, and what was buried before anyone could look.