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New Mexico<\/a> will reopen its investigation into Jeffrey Epstein<\/a>\u2019s Zorro ranch in the state following a public pressure campaign for a fuller accounting of the role the location it played in the late financier\u2019s sex trafficking conspiracy.<\/p>\n \u201cUpon reviewing information recently released by the US Department of Justice, Attorney General Ra\u00fal Torrez has ordered that the criminal investigation into allegations of illegal activity at Jeffrey Epstein\u2019s Zorro Ranch be reopened,\u201d the New Mexico department of justice posted online<\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n The department said that it had closed its prior investigation in 2019 at the request of New York federal prosecutors that handled the second investigation in Epstein\u2019s Epstein\u2019s sex-trafficking scheme that ultimately led to his arrest.<\/p>\n The department said \u201crevelations outlined in the previously sealed FBI files warrant further examination\u201d and that \u201cspecial agents and prosecutors at the New Mexico<\/a> Department of Justice will be seeking immediate access to the complete, unredacted federal case file\u201d.<\/p>\n Earlier this week, the New Mexico state legislature approved<\/a> the formation of an Epstein \u201ctruth commission\u201d to examine what had taken place at the 7,560-acre ranch<\/a>, which never searched at the time. It is charged with filing a full report by the end of the year.<\/p>\n Zorro ranch was one of several properties where the sex-trafficking conspiracy was conducted. Some accusers have alleged the ranch was the site of sex trafficking.<\/p>\n The New Mexico state department of justice said its renewed search will \u201cfollow the facts wherever they lead, carefully evaluate jurisdictional considerations, and take appropriate investigative action, including the collection and preservation of any relevant evidence that remains available\u201d.<\/p>\n New Mexico\u2019s governor, Michelle Lujan Grisham, welcomed both investigative moves that could provide more accountability for Epstein\u2019s victims.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is a Legislature that is not afraid to take on tricky issues, where we need a lot more [US] DoJ work here, not less,\u201d Lujan Grisham said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n #Mexico #reopen #investigation #Epsteins #ranch #pressure #campaign #Jeffrey #Epstein<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" New Mexico will reopen its inv… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23600,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23599"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}