Unsealed Epstein Files Revive Zorro Ranch Probe: Allegations of Trafficking, Burials, and Federal Inaction Surface in 60 Minutes Australia Report
60 Minutes Australia report on Epstein's Zorro Ranch highlights unsealed FBI tips about possible murders and burials, survivor accounts of trafficking and experimental procedures, and claims of 2019 federal interference in state inquiries under the Trump DOJ. New Mexico has reopened its investigation and formed a truth commission, though claims of the report being banned in the US lack corroboration beyond clickbait framing.
Newly unsealed Jeffrey Epstein documents have triggered a reopened criminal investigation and state truth commission in New Mexico into activities at his remote Zorro Ranch, a 7,560-acre property where multiple survivors allege they were trafficked and abused as minors. A 60 Minutes Australia investigation details a chilling FBI tip from years earlier alleging two young foreign women were buried in the hills near the ranch on orders from Epstein and "Madam G" (widely understood as Ghislaine Maxwell), supposedly strangled during rough fetish sex. Survivor Chauntae Davies described the ranch's isolating desert location where screams could go unheard, rumors of burials, women awakening after mysterious medical procedures involving a female doctor, and discussions of engineering a "perfect gene pool" through selective breeding. Democratic Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury cited the files' pattern of abuse, transport, and trafficking when urging the state attorney general to act. Former New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas revealed that 2019 state efforts to interview victims and search the property were blocked by federal prosecutors in New York, with the FBI aware of the burial claims yet taking no apparent action before Epstein's death closed the federal probe. This aligns with earlier reporting that, unlike Epstein's other properties, Zorro Ranch was never raided by federal agents despite its alleged central role in the trafficking network. The New Mexico Department of Justice cited revelations in the DOJ-released files as justification for reopening, with the truth commission aiming to establish a full public record. While sensational YouTube titles claim the report is "banned in America" due to Trump lawsuit threats, no mainstream verification supports suppression of this specific Australian broadcast; separate Trump legal actions have targeted other Epstein-related media coverage. The episode fits broader patterns of questioned federal handling during the first Trump administration in 2019, where DOJ reportedly asked New Mexico to stand down, raising ongoing heterodox concerns about elite protections, institutional inertia, and why key sites in Epstein's operation evaded thorough early scrutiny despite tips that suggested homicide and systematic abuse. These developments underscore how unsealed files continue exposing gaps between known intelligence and official action, potentially connecting to wider elite networks if the state probe yields new evidence.
[Liminal]: Renewed state-level scrutiny of Zorro Ranch could force more disclosures on federal decisions from 2019, eroding public trust further if it reveals selective inaction that shielded connected elites across administrations.
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