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New Mexico Investigators Expand Search at Epstein’s Zorro Ranch Using Cadaver Dogs and Drones (4/14/26)
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Records obtained by investigators show that the search of Jeffrey Epstein’s former Zorro Ranch in New Mexico was far more extensive and methodical than initially understood, involving multiple specialized tools and agencies. According to the...
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What's up, everyone? And welcome to another episode of the Epstein Chronicles. A couple of months ago, we learned that New Mexico was putting together a truth commission to take a look at what happened with Jeffrey Epstein and the state of New Mexico. Well, that truth commission has progressed to a point where they're actually doing some investigation and they've been active on the property of Zorro Ranch. And according to a new report, that search also included the use of four cadaver dogs. Now, the state's been pretty tight lipped about what's going on and they haven't said one way or the other if they found anything that would be considered evidence. Now, of course, this is a gigantic property, so if they're going to do a real search, it's going to take some time. And usually in a situation like this, they'd be excavating the ground, they'd set up a grid pattern and they'd start, you know, digging up an area where they believe that a body might be. Now, of course, that's all based on if they have the evidence and a location. Right? So considering we haven't seen any pictures or any sort of evidence that they're digging up an area, then my guess would be that they didn't find anything. But we have to keep in mind if they do find something, I doubt they're going to let us know right away. They're going to try and build a case if they can. If they have enough evidence to go on and they feel like there's something that is criminal, then they'll try and build the case. Do I feel confident in that happening? I do not. And unfortunately, I think the only justice that anyone's going to get here is institutional. The people that made this deal possible, the people that were working in coordination with Epstein to make sure he got off scot free, basically those people need to be held accountable. I mean, we can't hold Epstein accountable anymore, right? He's dead. Can't hold Bill Richardson accountable. He's dead. George Mitchell, same thing. Marvin Minsky, same thing. Jean Luc Brunel, same story. So that leaves us with the people that protected them. Right? And those people need to be called out and held accountable, just like any of us would be. Because I think that there is plenty of evidence that points towards the COVID up and plenty of evidence that points to a lot of people taking part in that cover up. And I don't just mean at the federal level. I also mean in places like New Mexico. Today's article is from the Santa Fe New Mexican and The headline cadaver dogs and drones record show the scope of investigation at Zorro Ranch. This article was authored by Clara Bates. Four cadaver dogs, Seamus, Ginger, Snap, Greta and Minnie searched the former Zorro Ranch last month as part of the state's criminal investigation into Jeffrey Epstein's activities in New Mexico. And like I always say, better late than never. But let's not kid ourselves and act like there's going to be some tangible evidence. This property should have been raided the day that Jeffrey Epstein was arrested, just like they did for Diddy, just like they do for everybody else. If you're getting arrested and your house is getting raided, it's not just one house, it's all of them. So my question is, was and always will be why was Zorro Ranch ignored? Was that somebody's order? Can we see the chain of command and their thought process, please? Because I'd really love to know who made that decision because it was fateful. Do you know how much evidence was lost by not raiding Zorro Ranch? And at this point, I don't know how anyone can think. It's not by design. And that's the part that's so frustrating. We have obvious government corruption here, and instead of diving deep into that, people want to chase salacious ghosts. But the real meat and potatoes, the real story, is right here. And if you can link this back to the investigation and them ignoring it on purpose, then all the people that were involved in that decision should be brought in, put under oath, and they should be questioned. And here's a novel idea. If any of them were up to no good, they should go to prison. The state has been tight lipped about what, if anything, the March search of the 7,500acre property unearthed. But public records released to the New Mexican help clarify how it unfolded. And I think it's a good idea to keep people in the loop. We've had way too much secrecy when it comes to Jeffrey Epstein over the years, and I think it's long past time that we have full transparency from everybody involved. Investigators used a variety of law enforcement assets to execute the search of the property, including but not limited to vehicles, drones and and cadaver canines. New Mexico Department of Justice spokesperson Lauren Rodriguez wrote in an email following the recent release of the records. And I'm all for it. Use everything in the arsenal. And while I think it's a little too late, who knows, maybe something will get unearthed. Maybe we'll get lucky. Maybe they'll stumble on something that they shouldn't have stumbled upon. And I'm not going to sit here and tell you that they're going to find, you know, the killing fields there, that there's a hundred buried bodies. But is it possible that one or two girls were. Were killed during rough sex? Hell, yeah, it's possible. Look at the people we're dealing with. And you know me, I don't discount until we have evidence one way or the other. Because one thing that I've learned when it comes to Epstein and this story is some of the most absurd, wildest ends up being true. So that's why just dismissing things out of hand is never a good idea. The use of cadaver dogs had only been speculated on, but not previously confirmed publicly. The department of justice earlier this year announced it was reopening a criminal investigation into the southern santa fe county property owned by sex offender and financier epstein until his death in 2019. The ranch, unlike several of epstein's other properties, was never thoroughly investigated by federal authorities. All by design. Do you think they just forgot about it? It was an oversight. Sdny was just like, you know what? We don't have to go and look at the property in new Mexico. There's nothing there. So it's. It's all good. How do you know there's nothing there? Well, Jeffrey epstein's lawyers told us. Duh. What are you crazy? Well, we can't believe Alan dershowitz and Ken Starr and Jay lefkowitz. Come on. What are you, a conspiracy theorist? FBI emails in the epstein files released so far by the u. S. Department of justice show federal investigators doubted that there was evidence left at the ranch only weeks after epstein's death in a new York dell cell. No shit. Burn, baby, burn. Do you think that Jeffrey epstein was the only one connected? Do you think that there weren't people that were willing to get rid of all the evidence for him? Oh, they most certainly were. My opinion, Khan, endyke, the whole lot of them. They know exactly where all the secrets were buried, and they know exactly who, what files to get rid of. And in my opinion, I have nothing to back this up, by the way. Just my opinion from all the stuff we've looked at and all of the circumstantial evidence that I've seen is that a lot of evidence was destroyed at zorro ranch at this time. We don't believe that there are items still located in the residence that would be of value to the investigation. An FBI agent wrote in an email Aug. 23, 2019. The agent's name is redacted and that's another beef I have. Why are all these agents names redacted in the Epstein files? What all these agents are Donnie Brasco, Joe Pistone over here. They're all undercover and we can't know their identity. How can we hold people accountable if we don't know their identity? And wasn't the whole entire point of the Epstein file release to give us that transparency so we know who was involved, who was making decisions, what the thought process was? But of course not, right? God forbid. The most transparent administration in history was actually transparent. But an unverified anonymous tip released as part of the federal document dump alleged the bodies of two girls were buried somewhere in the hills outside of Zorro. A Legislative Truth Commission also is investigating Epstein's potential crimes in New Mexico. The commission is expected to finalize its legal team soon. Look, great idea. All of this is a great idea. Do I think anything's going to come of it? Unfortunately not. Who they going to hold accountable in New Mexico? Bill Richardson. Well, that would have been nice at the time this all broke, but of course not. So what they're going to do is some revisionist history and then when all is said and done, they're going to come out and apologize. But nobody's ever going to be held accountable and certainly nobody's going to prison. Zorro Ranch was sold in 2023 to an LLC called San Rafael Ranch. The New Mexican discovered earlier this year that the owners are Texas politician Don Hafeens and his family. Just another coincidence, right? The New Mexico Justice Department conducted the search of the property with the help of New Mexico State Police and and the Sandoval County Fire Department, which has a specialized canine unit trained in detecting human remains. The agency declined to comment on the outcome of the search, which Rodriguez called just one component of an ongoing investigation. So we're not going to get anything right as far as evidence from them, even if they find something, at least not yet. But I don't think they found anything. Honestly, you would think they'd want some kind of victory, right? A leak, something like that. But we've seen nothing or heard nothing, rick Ilmer, an attorney for San Rafael Ranch, said in an email on Monday. To our knowledge, no physical evidence was found suggesting criminal activity by the prior owner. The search was conducted March 9th and 10th. Elmer said the owners had given investigators permission to use photography, video, video and audio recording, drone observation, human remain detection canines and other non destructive documentation in the search, According to a March 3rd consent agreement between the New Mexico Department of Justice and the property owners. This should have been done while the property was in the hands of the estate. Then they couldn't have all these different guidelines. Non destructive this, that, the other thing. I'm coming in there and I'm gonna tear the whole entire place up. Just like when I show up to the club, I gotta go to the owner and I gotta ask them if they have insurance on the dance floor. And when they ask me why, I gotta tell them the truth because I'm about to tear this up. That's the same theory I'd have here down in New Mexico. I'm tearing the whole entire property up root and stem. Unfortunately, that's not going to occur. And look, I get it. If I own this place, I wouldn't want people coming in and tearing it all up and leaving me with the bag to hold afterwards to fix it all. So I get that. And my beef is really with the government because it's their negligence that has led us here, right? If they would have done their job the first time around, this wouldn't be an issue. The agreement was modified at the owner's request a few days later to exclude photos and videos, including inside the residence. The owner will continue to cooperate as the process moves forward, Ilmer said. The state Land office also signed off on a permit in late February for the Justice Department to search public lands previously leased by Epstein. Records show Epstein had leased around 1200 acres from the state for livestock grazing. And when I went to that ranch, I can assure you I didn't see any livestock doing any grazing. Just another hustle, just another way for Epstein to get some more land. That's all it was. Well, you think he's out here like Farmer Sam waking up at the crack of dawn to go feed the piglets? The four cadaver dogs searched outside a mansion at the ranch and at a dug up pit nearby, around a yurt on the property and in an area with a depression in the ground, records show. The canine search took place across several sessions from around 8:30am to 2:30pm March 9, according to a fire department report. The New Mexico Department of Justice will continue to follow the facts and keep the public appropriately informed while protecting survivors and the integrity of the investigation, rodriguez wrote in an email. The New Mexico Department of Public Safety said in a statement on Monday that state police assisted the the New Mexico DOJ in maintaining the perimeter and supporting their site operations. All right, so that's where things stand in New Mexico. And keep in mind that this investigation just started down in New Mexico. I don't want to be too critical of it, because I want to give it a chance to mature before we're critical. But I don't want to get anybody's hopes up either. And I'm not going to sit here and tell you that I think going to find a bunch of evidence because I have a hard time believing that they will. All these years later, all this time to move things, get rid of things. We're talking about finding a needle in a needle stack. But like usual, we're going to keep on keeping on. And when we have some more information about the investigation down in New Mexico, we'll get it added to the catalog. But until then, that's going to do it for this one. All the information that goes with this episode can be found in the description box.