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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums* Epstein's Zorro Ranch: New Owner Is A Political Ally of Donald Trump
Epstein's Zorro Ranch: Now Owned By Trump Political Ally, Don Huffines
The Ranch Was Never SearchedN.M. Land Commissioner Seeks Probe Into Allegation of Two Girls Buried Near Epstein Ranch
In 2023, Zorro Ranch, Epsteins sprawling New Mexico estate in southern Santa Fe County, was sold to San Rafael Ranch LLC, a limited liability company created just one month before the purchase. The final sale price has not been publicly disclosed. The property was originally listed for $27.5 million before the price was reduced to $18 million.
Public records have revealed that San Rafael Ranch LLC is tied to the family of Don Huffines, a Trump-aligned former Texas state senator and current candidate for Texas Comptroller. Tax protest filings obtained through a public records request list Huffines wife as an owner of the ranch and son Colin Huffines, as manager.
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In November 2019, months after Epsteins arrest and death, the U.S. Department of Justice documented an email that, if credible, should have required immediate forensic action. The email included in newly released DOJ files, was sent from an encrypted ProtonMail account by someone identifying themselves as a former staff at the Zorro. The sender attached six videos of sexual abuse by Jeffrey Epstein and alleged that two foreign girls were buried on orders of Jeffrey and Madam G in the hills outside Zorro Ranch.
The email claimed the girls died by strangulation during rough, fetish sex.
"Madam G is widely understood to refer to Ghislaine Maxwell, who is currently serving a 20-year federal sentence for sex trafficking. Its noted that one of the videos is a suicide attempt confession from a girl in the Bay Area.
Now that the ranch is owned by a Trump political ally, how difficult will it be to investigate and properly search the property?
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* Epstein's Zorro Ranch: New Owner Is A Political Ally of Donald Trump (Original Post)
liberalla
8 hrs ago
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That's a good start... let's put some drones up and look for unusual or disturbed areas of land.
liberalla
7 hrs ago
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Don Huffines, a Trump-aligned former Texas state senator and current candidate for Texas Comptroller.
PuraVidaDreamin
4 hrs ago
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lapfog_1
(31,812 posts)1. unless you can pinpoint areas of disturbed earth...
The estate spans nearly 8,000 acres of high desert terrain, plus an additional 1,200 acres leased from the State of New Mexico.
It would take an huge effort to search 9200 acres of land.
And that assumes that someone hasn't buried the bodies under some sort of concrete slab or other structure that would make it difficult for cadaver dogs to search the property.
liberalla
(10,970 posts)2. That's a good start... let's put some drones up and look for unusual or disturbed areas of land.
The whole area (buildings included) needs to be searched... not just looking for 2 graves ìn the hills. All of his other properties have been extensively searched. This one should be no different.
eShirl
(20,155 posts)3. or use satellite images/remote sensing like they do in aerial archeology
johnnyfins
(3,629 posts)4. They can say the country should move on,
or that all the files have been released, but this issue is NOT going away.
PuraVidaDreamin
(4,515 posts)5. Don Huffines, a Trump-aligned former Texas state senator and current candidate for Texas Comptroller.
Texas does not want Don Huffines!