Epstein NM Ranch Demolished After Investigation Starts?!!

Summary

The MeidasTouch Podcast

Episode: Epstein NM Ranch Demolished After Investigation Starts?!!
Date: February 19, 2026
Hosts: Ben, Brett, and Jordy Meiselas
Main Theme:
A deep exploration and sharp critique of the recent developments at Jeffrey Epstein’s infamous Zorro Ranch in New Mexico, now purchased by MAGA Republican Don Huffines. The episode unpacks alarming timing of demolition/construction work at the ranch just as the New Mexico legislature launches a Truth Commission into crimes alleged to have taken place there. The hosts scrutinize Don Huffines’s stated plan to create a Christian children’s retreat on the site, and detail the historical failures of federal and state authorities to investigate sex trafficking and related crimes at the ranch.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Zorro Ranch Purchase and Unfolding Developments

• Epstein’s Zorro Ranch in New Mexico was recently purchased (2023) by Texas MAGA politician Don Huffines, who is now “demolishing and doing construction work” to convert it into a Christian retreat for children.
  • [00:18] “This is deeply disturbing. The MAGA Republican politician who purchased Epstein's Zorro ranch...just gave an interview...and says he's already basically demolishing and doing construction work...because he says he's turning the ranch into a Christian retreat for children.”
• This move comes immediately after the New Mexico legislature voted unanimously to create a Truth Commission to investigate the ranch.
  • Concerns arise about possible evidence destruction at an alleged crime scene.

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2. Hosts Call Out Suspicious Timing & Political Motivations

• The hosts express incredulity at the timing and motivations:
  • Is it appropriate to begin demolition/construction while a criminal investigation is impending?
  • Speculation around cover-up attempts is heightened by the lack of public awareness about the purchase, use of an LLC to buy the property, and vague claims about victim restitution.

Quote:

• [03:37] Ben (paraphrasing): “What in the world...Isn't it a location where there's an investigation taking place? ...Aren't...there an issue that people have questions about whether bodies are being buried there? ...And you're doing construction there right now and you're announcing that right after the Truth Commission was created?”

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3. Don Huffines’s Public Statements & Justifications

• On Matt Gaetz’s show (OAN), Don Huffines claims his motivation is to “put light in a dark place,” explicitly stating Christian intentions and referencing the renaming to “San Rafael” after the archangel.
  • [04:50] Don Huffines:

    “That is the main reason I bought the property. This was obviously a dark place, and we wanted to put light in a dark place...My faith is so strong in Jesus, and it really is...to make this property into a Christian retreat...that’s why we named it San Rafael...an archangel...healing and blessing...and we think that's really germane to this property.”

• The brothers and host question the credibility and optics of making this announcement on a show hosted by Matt Gaetz, who himself has been embroiled in allegations of sex crimes.

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4. New Mexico Truth Commission & Rep. Andrea Romero’s Role

• State Rep. Andrea Romero, co-sponsor of the Truth Commission, explains the sweeping and horrifying allegations regarding Zorro Ranch:
  • [07:22] Romero:

    “We know there are allegations that the Zorro Ranch hosted numerous occasions of not only child sex abuse, human trafficking, but other heinous potential crimes...And so the allegations at this ranch are horrifying for what we already know.”

  • [08:14] Romero:

    “We are learning that there may have been reports to the FBI back in 2019 or prior…of bodies being buried, of folks being trafficked…It's absolutely horrifying…We're going to be doing a thorough investigation on everything that we can uncover about what happened at the ranch.”

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5. Failures of Federal and State Authorities to Investigate

• The hosts detail a pattern of law enforcement inaction:
  • FBI was kicked out of the ranch in 2006/2007 by house managers under apparent pressure from above.
  • Federal prosecutors and the New Mexico AG’s Office agreed not to pursue sex trafficking investigations at the site in 2019 (during the Trump administration).
    • [14:33] “And we have not searched the New Mexico property...Why didn't you search the New Mexico property?...they agreed to cease any investigation into sex trafficking...”
    • [16:51] “Several high ranking officials...have confirmed he had sexual relations with trafficked underage minors...”
  • Emails and FBI notes suggest possible burial of bodies, destruction or withholding of evidence, and detailed records of alleged criminal activity.

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6. Alleged Crimes, Evidence & Unanswered Questions

• Epstein allegedly sought to “seed all of the human race with his DNA” at this ranch—a reference to his transhumanist ambitions.
  • [10:43] “This was the ranch where Epstein hoped to seed all of the human race with his DNA...that’s one of the ways it was described.”
• Unconfirmed but deeply disturbing accounts from former staffers and emails document murder, buried bodies, and hidden video evidence.
  • [16:51] “Did you know that somewhere in the hills outside of Zorro two foreign girls were buried on orders of Jeffrey and Madam Garrison? Both died of strangulation during rough fetish sex...”

Quote:

• [16:51] Podcast Host (summarizing a whistleblower’s email):

  “What is damning about Jeffrey Epstein is yet to be written. Did you know that somewhere in the hills outside of Zorro two foreign girls were buried on orders of Jeffrey and Madam Garrison? Both died of strangulation during rough fetish sex.”

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• Suspicious Timing:

  • [03:37] “Isn't there an issue that people have questions about whether bodies are being buried there and what's...And you're doing construction there right now and you're announcing that right after the Truth Commission was created to issue subpoenas?”

• Don Huffines’s Justification:

  • [04:50] “My faith is...so strong in Jesus...the plan all along is to make this property into a Christian retreat...That’s why we named it San Rafael...We think that's really germane to this property.”

• On History of Failures to Investigate:

  • [14:33] “Why didn't you do the sex trafficking investigation? Why didn't you issue subpoenas? Why didn't you get the surveillance cameras? Why didn't you execute a search warrant and confiscate the stuff there and the files and things that were there? Why didn't you do anything?”

• Andrea Romero on the Truth Commission:

  • [07:22] “We know there are allegations that the Zorro Ranch hosted numerous occasions of not only child sex abuse, human trafficking, but other heinous potential crimes at the ranch...And so the allegations at this ranch are horrifying...”

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Zorro Ranch Purchase & Immediate Construction: [00:18]-[04:50]
• Don Huffines Interview Clip on OAN with Matt Gaetz: [04:50]-[05:43]
• Discussion and skepticism about Huffines’s intentions: [03:36]-[07:11]
• Interview with Rep. Andrea Romero (New Mexico Truth Commission): [07:11]-[08:56]
• Don Huffines Official Statement & Hosts’ Critique: [10:43]-[14:33]
• Revelations about Law Enforcement Failures: [14:33]-[16:51]
• Summary of Alleged Crimes & Evidence: [16:51]-[19:45]

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Tone and Takeaways

• The hosts maintain a tone of incredulity, deep skepticism, and righteous anger, questioning the motives and integrity of GOP figures involved, and the US justice system’s history of inertia around Epstein’s assets.
• The show's signature brotherly banter and combative support for democracy is present, but this episode is particularly somber and urgent given the subject matter.

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In Summary

This episode delivers a pointed dissection of the alarming confluence of political influence, criminal cover-up, and redevelopment at Epstein's Zorro Ranch. The MeidasTouch brothers link the failure of authorities to investigate past crimes to the suspiciously-timed construction being carried out by Don Huffines under the guise of religious rejuvenation. The podcast forcefully argues for the public’s right to know the truth—and for investigative transparency—while warning that the demolition of the site could erase evidence of some of America’s darkest crimes.

Transcript

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[Podcast Host / Narrator]

This is deeply disturbing. The MAGA Republican politician who purchased Epstein's Zorro ranch in 2023, where it appears that unthinkable and heinous crimes by Epstein and the Cabal were committed. Well, this MAGA politician, Don Huffines, just gave an interview with Matt Gaetz, of all people, and Huffines says that he. He's already basically demolishing and doing construction work at the Zorro Ranch because he says he's turning the ranch into a Christian retreat for children. Now, this follows the unanimous vote in the New Mexico legislature where they agree to create a truth commission to. To investigate the crimes that were committed at Epstein's New Mexico ranch that Epstein called the Zorro Ranch. I did a deep dive into the unthinkable and heinous acts that likely took place there. And the New Mexico legislature, they've just begun their investigation. It's a group of legislatures, legislators. You have a individual by the name of Andrea Romero. She's one of the co sponsors. She's a state representative there who's one of the leaders of this truth Commission. And they want to conduct an investigation. What went down at the Zorro Ranch? Why was there no investigation before? Why did the feds tell the New Mexico AG and the New Mexico Invest do not do sex trafficking investigations? And then why did the DOJ not do investigations there? What else went down there? Epstein purchased that Zorro ranch in 1993 from a former governor of New Mexico. We know that there were initial FBI investigations in the ranch around 2006, 2007. And when the FBI started to ask the house managers their questions about masseuses and individuals coming in and out and girls coming in and out, the house managers got a call from the home office saying, do not speak with these FBI agents anymore. And then the House managers was like, oh, 6, 07 kicked out the FBI agents, and then nothing really ever happened there again. But we know from the victims and the survivors accounts that that was one of the sites of some of the most heinous acts. I'll go through that in a moment. But here is Don Huffines right here, going on a show with Matt Gaetz on oan saying that it's. The property is already basically under construction. It's now being transformed into a Christian retreat he says it was a dark place and now it's going to be a place of light and there's going to be children there and it'll be a Christian retreat for children and families on the Zora, on the Epstein Zorro Ranch.

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Why?

[Podcast Host / Narrator]

What, what in the world. And you're doing construction there. Isn't it a location where there's an investigation taking place? If you're doing. Aren't. Isn't there an issue that people have questions about whether bodies are being buried there and what's. And you're doing construction there right now and you're announcing that right after the Truth Commission was created to issue subpoenas and do investigations on the property. I mean, hello, are you all seeing what I'm seeing right here? Here's Don Hues again. He's a MAGA Republican. He calls himself ultra maga. He was a Texas state representative or a Texas state senator. He went to Moscow in 2018 as a Texas state legislator in order to help Moscow or normalize relations between the United States and Moscow. His whole thing is Trump, Trump, Trump this, drop that, drop that. His son Russell currently has a top job in the White House. His son's a young guy currently working in the White House. Hello. Hello. Here's what Don Huffines told Matt Gaetz here. Play this clip. Now, you have plans to take something

[Don Huffines]

evil and bring it into goodness, bring it into light and positivity. Tell us about that plan. Well, of course, that is the main reason I bought the property. This was obviously a dark place, and we wanted to put light in a dark place. It always shines the brightest when you do that. My faith is. Is so strong in Jesus, and it really is. And I'm going to make this the plan all along is to make this property into a Christian retreat. Matter of fact, it's under construction today. And that's our goal. That's why we named it San Rafael. We named Saint Raphael, as you probably know, you know, an archangel. And his, in his. What he does and helps people with is healing and being the healer and also blessing those that are traveling. And we think that's really germane to this property.

[Podcast Host / Narrator]

Now, I just want you to think about this. He's on with Matt Gaetz. Yeah, Matt Gaetz, who? The House Ethics Committee found substantial evidence about Gates having sex with an underage girl in 2017 and that he regularly paid women for sex while he was in Congress. That's what the final report said. Here was the headline from cnbc. Matt Gates, former Trump AG pick, had Sex with underage girl while in Congress. How? House ethics reports. I know you know that already, but you have Gates doing the interview with Huffines, Huffines saying he's turning the Zorro Ranch of Epstein that he purchased at a discounted price because of the history into a Christian retreat for children and that it's already under construction. What is going on here is New Mexico State Representative Andrea Romero, who was the co sponsor, talking about what the Truth Commission was going to do, what she learning, what she was learning more and what people are learning more about what went down at the Zorro Ranch. Here's what she said. And I think this was before we learned about the construction. Right around the same construction for a Christian retreat is all of a sudden taking place at the Zorro Ranch, which they now call, I think, San Rafael. Here, play this clip.

[Interviewer]

Thank you for talking to us, Andrea Romero. I wonder, first of all, if you could tell our audience what is alleged to have happened at this ranch.

[Andrea Romero]

We know there are allegations that the Zorro Ranch hosted numerous occasions of not only child sex abuse, human trafficking, but other heinous potential crimes at the ranch. We don't know the extent to which these crimes may have occurred or how often. We know that Jeffrey Epstein was operating in our state for 26 years. And so the allegations at this ranch are horrifying for what we already know. And it seems every single day we get a new piece of information that is such a cause for alarm.

[Interviewer]

Right. Okay. So I mean, your Truth Commission, which is now being set up, is going, as I understand it, is going to investigate claims that Epstein trafficked, abused, killed and buried victims on this property. Is that correct?

[Andrea Romero]

That's correct. Again, even in the last few weeks, with the new information that we've received from the Department of Justice publicly, we are learning that there may have been reports to the FBI back in 2019 or prior to, of bodies being buried, of folks being trafficked. It's absolutely horrifying to learn about these allegations. So we're really grateful to have a Truth Commission since the statutes of limitations have run on so many of the sex crimes that we know about or have been alleged. You know, we're going to be doing a thorough investigation on everything that we can uncover about what happened at the ramp.

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So here's a statement that just came out the other day from Don Huffines. Here's how he describes things in 2023 four years after Epstein's death, San Rafael Ranch had been listed on the open market for years and was scheduled for public auction. Let's pause there. Didn't you name it San Rafael Ranch? It was Zorro Ranch, right? It was Epstein's 10,000 acre ranch, 27,000 square feet complex where heinous and unthinkable torture happened. At the time of the sale, it was marketed that proceeds would go to the victims. It has since been confirmed by the estate's attorney that the proceeds from the sale Benefited the victims or did it go to creditors? But you're invoking the victims. You know, just stop. I just. I hate when they keep invoking the victims. If you were proud of this purchase, why'd you buy it under an llc? Why wouldn't you just buy it under Don Huffine and brag about it and put out releases and say that you did it? Why was it done in a way that was kind of very quietly done before? And until you wanted to challenge the property taxes, it really wasn't known who the purchaser was. In my opinion, what the enemy once meant for evil, God can redeem for good. That's why we renamed the property San Rafael after the saint associated with physical and spiritual healing, and began plans immediately to remake it as a Christian retreat, reclaiming it for Jesus. Even the new entrants will reflect the mission and will read, blessed are those who come in the name of the Lord. By 2024, my family's ownership was public and had been posted on social media. Why not in 2023? We have always maintained an open line of communication with local authorities. No law enforcement agency has ever approached me to request access. And I have always said unequivocally that any such request would be met with immediate access and full cooperation. That is what desperate political opponents do. Last minute lies and dirty tricks. I don't think this is a political thing. I don't think this is a political thing at all. And if you're so willing to cooperate, why are you now doing construction on it? Why are you doing demolition on it? Why are you. Why are you there doing all you knew about the investigation. So why. Why are you. Why are you doing this? I mean, in my opinion, that raises red flags. Although you are free to agree with me, disagree with me. Here's Don Huffines with Bannon. Here's Don Huffines at Mar a Lago with his wife. Here's the Huffines family with Carrie Lake. So you can see it all for yourself. Just to remind you, this was the ranch where Epstein hoped to seed all of the human race with his DNA. That's one of the areas. That's one of the things that it was one of the ways it was described. We have an email dated December 20, December 20, 2019, confirming that prosecutors likely never searched Epstein's ranch in New Mexico. We know that abuse happened at this ranch. Torture, potentially murder happened at this ranch with Epstein. Perhaps a lot of. I mean, there are allegations, just allegations that there are bodies buried there. Those need to be investigated. So why. Why Is there construction on this site right now to build a Christian retreat? I was asking questions. The evidence was never collected by federal prosecutors. Here's what the Feds were emailing to each other. Jeffrey Epstein, Estate Meeting, December 20, 2019 talking about. Separately, I've conveyed your request for a meeting to discuss the possibility of resolving the government's forfeiture claims. We also review the status of the search warrant, return with respect to the island property.

[Andrea Romero]

And.

[Podcast Host / Narrator]

And we have not searched the New Mexico property. And I hope this is useful in the interim. Why didn't you search the New Mexico property? There is an email over here from the Feds to each other. Thank you for your response and the additional information about the New Mexico AG's office. We look forward to speaking with you on Thursday. What number should we call? These are the Feds talking to each other September 9, 2019 during Trump's first administration. As a preview in response, we spoke with the New Mexico AG's office back in July 2019. In essence, they agreed to cease any investigation into sex trafficking and share whatever they had gathered to date regarding sex trafficking activity with our office. We agree that they were free to proceed with whatever other investigations unrelated to sex trafficking they may have concerning Epstein, and told them that at the conclusion of our case, we would pass along any information we may have gathered about state crimes that were committed in their jurisdiction. We have not communicated with anyone from the New Mexico AG's office since that conversation in July 2019. What? Oh, why didn't you. Why didn't you do the sex trafficking investigation? Why didn't you issue subpoenas? Why didn't you get the surveillance cameras? Why didn't you execute a search warrant and confiscate the stuff there and the files and things that were there? Why didn't you do anything? There was more horrible things going on at the ranch than even the island, than even New York, than even West Palm Beach. I know that's hard to believe. Take a look right here as well. This was an email from 2009 that was sent to the FBI. Some interesting facts should be passed on to the investigative agent in the Epstein case. Zorro Trust, belonging to Epstein, won an $80 million lottery ticket in New Mexico. Actually didn't win it in Oklahoma. The Zorro Trust won an $80 million lottery in Oklahoma, and there are emails between Epstein and girls talking about lottery tickets and how to win the lottery.

[Andrea Romero]

Okay.

[Podcast Host / Narrator]

Zorro Ranch, belonging to Epstein sits close to the U.S. mexican border, where most trafficked children are routed prior to being dispersed to the east coast. Several high ranking officials and friends of Epstein have confirmed he had sexual relations with traffic underage minors and Elaine Maxwell and were served last week. Two key witnesses. This was from 2009. There's this document right here. The FBI investigation February 13, 2017. This is what I told you. Where these FBI agents show up at the Zorro ranch. It's in Santa Fe, N.M. city of Stanley, county of Santa Fe. They speak with the house managers. The house managers are talking about Epstein showing up by helicopter, bringing over masseuses financial records, arranging massages and then it says upon arriving at their office where they were going to get the records about the massages and give the FBI records of other things and women who were there, girls that were there. The house manager received a phone call from the main office that told them they were no longer out to speak with us. The interview was immediately ended. Here's an email. 11-21-2019 in the Epstein files. Edward, this is sensitive so it will be the first and last time depending on your discretion. You can choose to take it or trash it, but this comes from a person that has been there and seen it all. A former staffer at Zorro. The material below was taken from Jeffrey Epstein's home as my insurance in case of future litigation against Epstein. Sorry, no questions. What is damning about Jeffrey Epstein is yet to be written. Did you know that somewhere in the hills outside of Zorro two foreign girls were buried on orders of Jeffrey and Madam Garrison? Both died of strangulation during rough fetish sex. Here's the video footage of Epstein. Then it says, you know. Link 1. Sex with minor 13 minutes video 2. Threesome 27 minutes video 312 minutes video 19 minutes sex video 7 minutes underage girl 6623 minutes rape fantasy video 15 minutes 7. Girl from Bay Area Suicide attempt Confession to Madam G. Please arrange for one bitcoin by 6pm eastern time today to my bitcoin wallet address. So there. There you have it. I mean certainly it raises a lot, a lot of questions with me and the fact that you have Gates. Gates doing that interview. Wow, wow, wow, wow. Anyway, we're so close to 6 million subscribers. Help us get there. So close. Thanks for watching. Subscribe now.

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