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The property once owned by Jeffrey Epstein and that he called the Zorro Ranch outside of Santa Fe, New Mexico, in March.Roberto E. Rosales/Getty Images North Americahide caption
On International Women's Day in March, hundreds of protesters caravanned out to a spot in the desert outside of Santa Fe. Their gathering place was a ranch in the high desert of New Mexico that once belonged to the late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
One of the demonstrators at therally at the ranchwas Virginia Giuffre's brother, Sky Roberts.
Giuffre, who died by suicide in 2025, was one of Epstein's most prominent accusers andsaid she had been sexually abused at the ranch. Roberts referred to two investigations recently started by New Mexico officials.
Sky Roberts, second from left, addresses a crowd of hundreds of protesters during a rally at the former Zorro Ranch on International Women's day in March. His sister Virginia Giuffre accused Epstein of abuse at the ranch before taking her own life last year.Daniel Montaño/KUNMhide caption
"This is what we need to see more of state by state. I think New Mexico is taking the first initiative. I think the people of New Mexico are demanding answers, they're demanding justice," Roberts said. "It starts here and there's so much more that we can continue to fight for."
In addition to his more well-known properties, including his Manhattan mansion and his private Caribbean island, Epstein owned this property, known as the Zorro Ranch. It housed a mansion, an airstrip and 10,000 acres of scrubland.
For decades there have been suspicions – some noted by officials – and even talk-radio chatter, of crimes at the ranch, including claims bodies are buried on the grounds. Connections have been drawn to several prominent figures, and court documents place some of the earliest accusations of abuseat the ranch.
Now New Mexico officials say they're seeking the truth of what happened there with the two investigations.
The state's attorney general's officeannouncedin February it was re-opening an old investigation that was closed in 2019 at the request of federal prosecutors in New York. New Mexico's justice department went on toperform a searchof the vast property with search and rescue dogs.
New Mexico Democratic state Rep. Andrea Romero of Santa Fe talks at the state capitol in February about launching a bipartisan truth commission into activity at Jeffrey Epstein's former ranch.Morgan Lee/APhide caption
Also in February, the state House unanimously created what's known as the Truth Commission.
