"New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez last month ordered authorities to take a renewed look at Epstein after the southwestern state closed a prior investigation in 2019 at the request of federal prosecutors. State lawmakers are also reexamining Epstein's activities in New Mexico via a bipartisan truth commission equipped with subpoena powers."
"Epstein owned the property, located about 50km (30 miles) south of Santa Fe, from 1993 until his death in 2019 following his indictment on sex trafficking charges. Epstein accusers, including the late Virginia Giuffre, have said they suffered abuse at the property, though the late financier was never charged with any crimes in connection with the site while he was alive."
Authorities in the United States conducted a search of Jeffrey Epstein's Zorro Ranch in New Mexico on Monday, prompted by the release of millions of investigative files that intensified pressure to reexamine the late financier's treatment of women and girls at the remote property. New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez ordered a renewed investigation after the state had closed a prior investigation in 2019 at federal prosecutors' request. State lawmakers are also conducting a bipartisan truth commission with subpoena powers to examine Epstein's activities in New Mexico. Epstein owned the property, located 50 kilometers south of Santa Fe, from 1993 until his death in 2019 following his indictment on sex trafficking charges. Multiple accusers, including Virginia Giuffre, reported suffering abuse at the property, though Epstein was never charged with crimes related to the site during his lifetime.
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