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Scrivener7

(59,042 posts)
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 11:36 AM 16 hrs ago

Sudden demolition project begun days after NM commission formed to investigate Zorro Ranch

Last edited Thu Feb 19, 2026, 02:47 PM - Edit history (2)

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/mexico-lawmakers-pass-measure-aimed-230333420.html
Two days ago, New Mexico's state House voted unanimously to create a commission to investigate Jeffrey Epstein's Zorro Ranch. Among the probable reasons for the commission's creation was this:
Among the US Justice Department’s latest release of millions of pages of documents related to Epstein is a 2019 email sent to Eddy Aragon, the host of a local radio show, that alleged that “somewhere in the hills outside the Zorro, two foreign girls were buried on orders of Jeffrey and Madam G.”

“Both died by strangulation during rough, fetish sex,” the email claimed. The unverified allegations came from someone who claimed they were a former employee at the ranch. The sender of the email was redacted by the DOJ. It’s not clear that those allegations have been investigated by law enforcement.


The current owner has stated that no one has yet investigated the ranch.

HOWEVER, The Meidas Touch reports that, in an interview between Matt Gaetz and the current owner - who is a rabid maga moron - the owner has SUDDENLY undertaken a demolition and renovation project on the ranch. Because he's going to turn it into (drumroll) a Christian children's camp.
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So any evidence is likely gone.

And I do have to ask: WHY didn't WE investigate the ranch when WE had the power to do so? I always assumed it was ongoing. Clearly it was not.

Edited to clarify who currently owns the ranch. It's a maga guy, not Gaetz.
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Sudden demolition project begun days after NM commission formed to investigate Zorro Ranch (Original Post) Scrivener7 16 hrs ago OP
They're just NOW getting around to investigating? leftstreet 16 hrs ago #1
DOJ evolves 15 hrs ago #17
The "DOJ"..... SergeStorms 14 hrs ago #30
Which DoJ? there have been FIVE since Epstein was first investigated. WarGamer 8 hrs ago #47
Enjoy orangecrush 6 hrs ago #53
I think there has only been one? Unless your counting it as the President's personal legal representative Ilikepurple 5 hrs ago #57
5 administrations, 7 Attorneys general... WarGamer 1 hr ago #62
Why not put up a big gross ballroom so they could literally dance on the girls' graves? Walleye 16 hrs ago #2
We seem to be in an endless loop of hellscapes. Whyisthisstillclose 16 hrs ago #3
Watching this now. A Christian retreat for young children. OAITW r.2.0 16 hrs ago #4
Don Huffines owns the ranch and his son Russell works at the White House MagickMuffin 15 hrs ago #13
So, who actually owns Epstein's baby brothel... GiqueCee 13 hrs ago #32
Huffines is the owner - I got confused by the OP wording too muriel_volestrangler 13 hrs ago #34
Thanks for the clarification... GiqueCee 13 hrs ago #37
Sorry. I edited to clarify. It is Huffines. He talked about the demolition on Gaetz's podcast. Scrivener7 13 hrs ago #38
Yep, I'm convinced this was another quiet location for Epstein to traffic underage children OAITW r.2.0 7 hrs ago #48
"So any evidence is likely gone." Wednesdays 16 hrs ago #5
Or someone knew. A maga guy who was in that republican meeting with Putin? AKA the new owner? Scrivener7 15 hrs ago #7
The State can most likely get a judge to issue a warrant intheflow 15 hrs ago #8
I think this thread mixed up Gaetz & owner womanofthehills 6 hrs ago #52
Yeah, I see that the owner was an interviewee of Gaetz, rather than Gaetz himself Wednesdays 6 hrs ago #54
Buried bodies are not just what they are looking for womanofthehills 6 hrs ago #55
Could they have a cease and desist order until it's investigated? Why the rush now? Deuxcents 16 hrs ago #6
I have my guesses about why now, but yes, wouldn't you think it could be stopped? Scrivener7 15 hrs ago #9
Isn't this the New Mexico Ranch that was owned by Epstein where it is rumored that Robin Leach killed a .. Botany 15 hrs ago #10
I hadn't heard about Robin Leach specifically. But seems like that story of girls being Scrivener7 15 hrs ago #12
Robin Leach (perfect name) MagickMuffin 15 hrs ago #16
Oh, yuck. Wednesdays 5 hrs ago #58
There was a tip to the FBI about Robin Leach killing a girl at a party Wiz Imp 15 hrs ago #21
You might be right Botany 14 hrs ago #22
I'd heard about Robin Leach being apart of this MustLoveBeagles 14 hrs ago #29
A well planned coincidence. dalton99a 15 hrs ago #11
How to scream "I'm guilty of something" mwmisses4289 15 hrs ago #14
If they are serious about investigating this bluestarone 15 hrs ago #15
Anyone confirmed this alleged "demolition" yet? flvegan 15 hrs ago #18
It was the owner who said it in an interview on Scrivener7 15 hrs ago #19
So the answer is "no" then? flvegan 14 hrs ago #24
You've never watched Meidas Touch? To each their own, I guess. Scrivener7 14 hrs ago #26
Meidas Touch does use the worst clickbait tactics for their videos muriel_volestrangler 13 hrs ago #35
Again, to each their own. Often they're where I first see reporting of the big stuff. Scrivener7 13 hrs ago #36
Ouch! Snooty and opinionated. I like the opinionated better. babylonsister 6 hrs ago #50
Interesting. flvegan 12 hrs ago #43
No. You can either watch the video, or go find the information from a source that's more to your liking. Scrivener7 12 hrs ago #44
Look at 5:16 min mark in thev video of Huffines interview....see a big ditch with a big shovel NowsTheTime 13 hrs ago #33
Just ask Ai - actually the ranch was vacant till Feb womanofthehills 5 hrs ago #59
question poozwah 15 hrs ago #20
Are they carting the evidence away or burying it deeper ToxMarz 14 hrs ago #23
Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous! BidenRocks 14 hrs ago #25
"Childrens Christian Ranch" Figarosmom 14 hrs ago #27
Absolutely sickening. calimary 13 hrs ago #39
San Rafael is the patron saint of dating/matchmaking. markodochartaigh 8 hrs ago #46
If it is deemed a CRIME SCENE, it can't be touched. nt Exp 14 hrs ago #28
See anybody stopping them? KPN 12 hrs ago #41
WHY didn't WE investigate the ranch when WE had the power to do so? Because pedophilia crosses all classes. LiberalArkie 13 hrs ago #31
Destroying evidence in plain sight. How far we have fallen as a nation of law and order ... not to mention equal rights KPN 12 hrs ago #40
Hope this gets picked up elsewhere across the nation. MSNBC, NBC? What are the chances? KPN 12 hrs ago #42
You will mainly see this info on social media womanofthehills 5 hrs ago #56
Yeah, that sounds about right. Too bad about corporate media. KPN 2 hrs ago #61
So the ranch's name was changed from "Zorro" which means "fox" markodochartaigh 8 hrs ago #45
All this evil. After awhile my mind goes numb. nt babylonsister 7 hrs ago #49
Has the state not filed to stop the demolition? SheltieLover 6 hrs ago #51
there seems to be one thing that everyone is forgetting NJCher 3 hrs ago #60

leftstreet

(39,736 posts)
1. They're just NOW getting around to investigating?
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 11:38 AM
16 hrs ago

Good for the NM House, but where was the DOJ all this time?

DURec

SergeStorms

(20,280 posts)
30. The "DOJ".....
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 01:59 PM
14 hrs ago

has become the "Dump On Justice" arm of tRump's personal protection agency.

Their singular function is to protect tRump from accountability for his crimes. Oh, and revenge. How forgetful of me. 😏

Ilikepurple

(520 posts)
57. I think there has only been one? Unless your counting it as the President's personal legal representative
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 10:20 PM
5 hrs ago

Or maybe two since the changing of the guard this last year has been transformative enough to make that case.

OAITW r.2.0

(31,860 posts)
4. Watching this now. A Christian retreat for young children.
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 11:43 AM
16 hrs ago

Former Texas State Senator that went to Russia to try to help normalize relation with Putin's Russia.

Truly sickening.

MagickMuffin

(18,289 posts)
13. Don Huffines owns the ranch and his son Russell works at the White House
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 12:28 PM
15 hrs ago

Last edited Thu Feb 19, 2026, 04:17 PM - Edit history (1)


Predators birds of prey. They are all pedophiles.

And Don Huffines is currently running for state wide office and is a nazi white supremacist nationalist christian.

Don also bought the ranch sight unseen. He claims he's never ever stepped foot on the property. His wife signed the paperwork and they changed the name of the ranch, and bought it under a LLC to hid who purchased the ranch.


GiqueCee

(3,716 posts)
32. So, who actually owns Epstein's baby brothel...
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 02:16 PM
13 hrs ago

... Don Huffines or Matt Gaetz? Gaetz is a known serial philanderer and an Epstein wannabe, but he's a Republican, so he gets a pass.
Seems like the state of New Mexico could legally halt any and all demolition and/or construction to preserve potential evidence, could they not?
These evil monsters have to be put down like the rabid hyenas they are.

muriel_volestrangler

(105,902 posts)
34. Huffines is the owner - I got confused by the OP wording too
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 02:23 PM
13 hrs ago

Gaetz has a wingnut-welfare show at "One America News Network", and he interviewed Huffines, a former Texas State Senator.

Former Texas state Sen. Don Huffines (R), the owner of a New Mexico ranch previously owned by Jeffrey Epstein, said this week he plans on turning the property into a Christian retreat.

Huffines, who is also running for Texas comptroller, told former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) on his One America News Network show Tuesday that turning the ranch into a retreat “is the main reason” he bought the property. The property, which Huffines has renamed from Zorro Ranch to Rancho de San Rafael, was owned by Epstein for more than two decades until his death. It is located roughly 30 miles outside Santa Fe.

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5743734-huffines-christian-retreat-epstein-ranch/

My first thought was "Gaetz, credibly accused of raping underage girls, bought Epstein's ranch????"

But now, it just seems like the set-up for a bad horror movie - "they thought they were going to a religious retreat. But the sins of the former owner would turn their stay into a nightmare ...".

GiqueCee

(3,716 posts)
37. Thanks for the clarification...
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 02:30 PM
13 hrs ago

... I've no doubt that Huffines has a closet of his own that's cram-packed with skeletons. It seems likely that there's no such thing as a Republican that doesn't.

Scrivener7

(59,042 posts)
38. Sorry. I edited to clarify. It is Huffines. He talked about the demolition on Gaetz's podcast.
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 02:31 PM
13 hrs ago

OAITW r.2.0

(31,860 posts)
48. Yep, I'm convinced this was another quiet location for Epstein to traffic underage children
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 08:25 PM
7 hrs ago

Last edited Thu Feb 19, 2026, 09:13 PM - Edit history (1)

and entrap a whole world-class list of Degenerates.

Putin had the stolen Russian rubles. Epstein could channel funds via targeted Degenerates controlling financial channels. Money then laundered through big real estate investments ....and bankruptcies.


On edit. Check the flight logs/records of planes landing/Taking off from airports within 70 miles while Epstein was on the premise.

Wednesdays

(22,085 posts)
5. "So any evidence is likely gone."
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 12:03 PM
16 hrs ago

Last edited Thu Feb 19, 2026, 10:10 PM - Edit history (1)

Not necessarily.

They would have had to do an awful lot of digging to destroy the evidence. That is, unless the present owner knew where all the bodies were buried.

Scrivener7

(59,042 posts)
7. Or someone knew. A maga guy who was in that republican meeting with Putin? AKA the new owner?
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 12:13 PM
15 hrs ago

intheflow

(30,107 posts)
8. The State can most likely get a judge to issue a warrant
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 12:17 PM
15 hrs ago

and get the work shut down while the property is under investigation. I read an article on here last week (?) about forensic crime scenes. Things like blood can be surfaced cleaned, but that won’t necessarily catch every drop between floorboards. Or a building with, say, a crematorium could be demolished and burned but there may still be traceable chemicals in the surrounding dirt layers that indicate its past use. I hope that’s what is going to happen.

womanofthehills

(10,823 posts)
52. I think this thread mixed up Gaetz & owner
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 09:59 PM
6 hrs ago

Jerk that Gaetz is, there is no record of him ever socializing with Epstein. He’s with the Republicans wanting to see all the Epstein files.

Wednesdays

(22,085 posts)
54. Yeah, I see that the owner was an interviewee of Gaetz, rather than Gaetz himself
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 10:04 PM
6 hrs ago

Early on, I had read that Gaetz was the owner, which apparently is erroneous.

Thus, I'm correcting my post above.

womanofthehills

(10,823 posts)
55. Buried bodies are not just what they are looking for
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 10:05 PM
6 hrs ago

They also want answers of what politicians, FBI and CIA knew. Who knew what and covered it up.

Botany

(76,854 posts)
10. Isn't this the New Mexico Ranch that was owned by Epstein where it is rumored that Robin Leach killed a ..
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 12:18 PM
15 hrs ago

…. a young woman (girl) during “rough sex?”

Scrivener7

(59,042 posts)
12. I hadn't heard about Robin Leach specifically. But seems like that story of girls being
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 12:21 PM
15 hrs ago

killed there is widespread.

ETA: but jeez. What a creepy crowd. Robin Leach? Ewwww.

MagickMuffin

(18,289 posts)
16. Robin Leach (perfect name)
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 12:34 PM
15 hrs ago


I read an jmail where a model was speaking about an elobrate dinner and she had to sit next to the leach, and he would constantly put his hands all over her without consent. He even asked her if she would go to the bathroom pee in her panties and then give them to her for $5000.

🤢🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

Wednesdays

(22,085 posts)
58. Oh, yuck.
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 10:20 PM
5 hrs ago

I wouldn't accept a woman's peed-in panties even if she willingly gave them to me for free.

Indeed,
🤢🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

Wiz Imp

(9,500 posts)
21. There was a tip to the FBI about Robin Leach killing a girl at a party
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 01:07 PM
15 hrs ago

but it was not specified where that happened. I can find nothing specifically connecting him to Epstein's New MExico ranch.

Botany

(76,854 posts)
22. You might be right
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 01:17 PM
14 hrs ago

I kind of remember reading or seeing something about Epstein’s New Mexico property and
Robin Leach but I can’t find it now.

MustLoveBeagles

(15,426 posts)
29. I'd heard about Robin Leach being apart of this
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 01:55 PM
14 hrs ago

But I hadn't heard the murder part before now.

mwmisses4289

(3,712 posts)
14. How to scream "I'm guilty of something"
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 12:32 PM
15 hrs ago

without screaming "I'm guilty of something". Or rather, my son's boss is.
The current creep who owns the ranch is running for office in texas, and his son apparently has a post in the current maladminastration.

Scrivener7

(59,042 posts)
19. It was the owner who said it in an interview on
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 12:53 PM
15 hrs ago

Gaetz's podcast. The meidas touch video has the excerpt.

flvegan

(66,071 posts)
24. So the answer is "no" then?
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 01:18 PM
14 hrs ago

No offense, but I'm not clicking on nor monetizing any account with that sort of bullshit, ragebait title nor thumbnail (GIANT YELLOW ARROW OMGMGMGMG!!!! lol). I understand that The Outrage Factory feeds on clicks and likes, but they won't be mine.

Any specifics on this demo project, or is it just speculation? Summary?

Yeah, it's fucked up that the Zorro Ranch or whatever the fuck it is now wasn't sealed up for a complete investigation in the 90's when this became Epstein's House of Horrors - West. The guy was ONLY convicted of sex crimes in 2008, shame nobody did shit about it then or since. I just wonder why.

Scrivener7

(59,042 posts)
26. You've never watched Meidas Touch? To each their own, I guess.
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 01:21 PM
14 hrs ago

But if you've chosen not to avail yourself of the information given, there's not much for us to talk about.

muriel_volestrangler

(105,902 posts)
35. Meidas Touch does use the worst clickbait tactics for their videos
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 02:27 PM
13 hrs ago

and the only person I've seen a bit of on it was a hysterical waste of time - a really poor presenter. There's plenty of places to get information from without sitting through an awful example of the decline of modern media style.

babylonsister

(172,687 posts)
50. Ouch! Snooty and opinionated. I like the opinionated better.
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 09:31 PM
6 hrs ago

To each their own. Settle down (DON'T TELL ME TO SETTLE DOWN).

Peace!

flvegan

(66,071 posts)
43. Interesting.
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 03:57 PM
12 hrs ago

I can either watch the video ("avail myself of the information given&quot , or be uninformed. Cool tactic, lol.

Look, if you're unable or uninterested in providing any information outside of ragebait clickety YouTube monetary nonsense, just say so.

Have a good day nonetheless.

Scrivener7

(59,042 posts)
44. No. You can either watch the video, or go find the information from a source that's more to your liking.
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 04:05 PM
12 hrs ago

If you don't want to click on it, then don't. There are no tactics here. I'm not fighting with you.

NowsTheTime

(1,278 posts)
33. Look at 5:16 min mark in thev video of Huffines interview....see a big ditch with a big shovel
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 02:21 PM
13 hrs ago

womanofthehills

(10,823 posts)
59. Just ask Ai - actually the ranch was vacant till Feb
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 10:29 PM
5 hrs ago

The owner bought the ranch onseen or his wife did and he had not visited it. AI says construction started in Feb.

Why buy a ranch for huge bucks and not be interested enough in it to go see what you bought??

ToxMarz

(2,841 posts)
23. Are they carting the evidence away or burying it deeper
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 01:18 PM
14 hrs ago

Wouldn't be that hard to know the origination and destination of traffic going in and out. Any drone or satellite (or sherrif sitting on a public road) can do that.

BidenRocks

(3,029 posts)
25. Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous!
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 01:20 PM
14 hrs ago

That sounds so disgusting to me.
But then there are many who like the unreal Housewives shows.

Guess we'll find out what those "lifestyles" really were!

Figarosmom

(10,920 posts)
27. "Childrens Christian Ranch"
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 01:30 PM
14 hrs ago

That may as well be code for a child sex ranch.

Matt Gentz as in statutory rape Matt who will do anything for trump guy.

Yep, any bodies or evidence will be gone.

LiberalArkie

(19,566 posts)
31. WHY didn't WE investigate the ranch when WE had the power to do so? Because pedophilia crosses all classes.
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 02:16 PM
13 hrs ago

Democratic, Reupublican, non voting, rich, poor, male, female, gay, straight.

And most pedophiles do not consider it wrong, that is why they really can not be cured.

KPN

(17,249 posts)
40. Destroying evidence in plain sight. How far we have fallen as a nation of law and order ... not to mention equal rights
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 03:44 PM
12 hrs ago

and justice for all. We are now officially a Banana Republic in my book.

KPN

(17,249 posts)
42. Hope this gets picked up elsewhere across the nation. MSNBC, NBC? What are the chances?
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 03:56 PM
12 hrs ago

womanofthehills

(10,823 posts)
56. You will mainly see this info on social media
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 10:17 PM
5 hrs ago

On podcasts and reported by independent reporters like those on Breaking Points. Reporters and podcasters who don’t have to kiss ass to sponsors. Besides, most of the young get all their news off social media now.

KPN

(17,249 posts)
61. Yeah, that sounds about right. Too bad about corporate media.
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 01:36 AM
2 hrs ago

At 75, it really pisses me off.

markodochartaigh

(5,294 posts)
45. So the ranch's name was changed from "Zorro" which means "fox"
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 07:19 PM
8 hrs ago

to "San Rafael" who is the patron saint of dating/matchmaking.


Do I have that correct? Seriously, our reality needs better screenwriters.

NJCher

(42,861 posts)
60. there seems to be one thing that everyone is forgetting
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 12:55 AM
3 hrs ago

and that is they recorded everything. Documented everything. Much if not all of what went on there is most likely recorded and stored somewhere. It might very well be in the other millions of documents Pam Batty is protecting with her life.

There has been speculation about snuff films, which I don't know if I believe, but nothing is beyond the pale with this group of people. They never ever, ever in a million years thought they would be held accountable.

Start thinking of their abuse as "inventory," because that's what it is. They did not think of it as a crime. They thought of it as inventory with which they could blackmail and for which they would get tons of $$. That is why following the money is so important in this case.

Wow, recording a murder. Big $$ for that.




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