New Mexico Survivors’ Truth Commission Interim Report on Jeffrey Epstein and Zorro Ranch

UpdatedSeptember 3, 2026

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The New Mexico Survivors’ Truth Commission released a 119 page interim report on August 5, 2026, detailing its investigation of Jeffrey Epstein, his associates, and alleged criminal activity connected to Zorro Ranch in New Mexico.

The bipartisan Commission reported that the available evidence supports the conclusion that Epstein abused at least five women and girls at Zorro Ranch between 1996 and 2012. It identified at least 30 additional people who may have been abused, witnessed abuse, facilitated Epstein’s activities, or occupied more than one of those roles.

The report also documents decades of institutional inaction. According to the Commission, federal and state authorities repeatedly deferred responsibility to other agencies. No federal search warrant was executed at Zorro Ranch. New Mexico authorities did not search the property until March 10, 2026, nearly seven years after Epstein’s death.

The Commission stressed that this is an interim report. Its evidence review remains incomplete. Its observations are not final legal findings, and the report does not accuse every person named in its records of wrongdoing.

What Is the New Mexico Survivors’ Truth Commission?

The New Mexico House of Representatives established the Commission through House Resolution 1.

The House approved the resolution unanimously on February 16, 2026, by a vote of 62 to 0.

The resolution directs the Commission to investigate Zorro Ranch and determine whether legislative action is needed to prevent and punish crime, protect children and vulnerable people, improve access to civil justice, protect public resources, and provide public accountability.

The House granted the Commission authority to conduct hearings, compel witnesses, administer oaths, and issue subpoenas.

The Commission is chaired by Representative Andrea Romero. Its other members are Representative Marianna Anaya, Representative Andrea Reeb, and Representative William “Bill” Hall.

Fadduol, Cluff, Hardy and Conaway P.C. serves as special counsel. More information is available through the official Survivors’ Truth Commission website.

The Commission’s Five Investigative Areas

The Commission divided its inquiry into five investigative areas.

Sexual abuse and trafficking: The Commission is investigating who was abused at Zorro Ranch, who participated in that abuse, and who may have facilitated recruitment, grooming, transportation, or exploitation.

Institutional failures: The Commission is examining what government agencies and private institutions knew, when they knew it, and why Epstein’s activities in New Mexico were not fully investigated.

Power and motives: The investigation is examining how Epstein used wealth, political connections, employees, aircraft, properties, and influential relationships to facilitate his activities and avoid accountability.

Medical and scientific improprieties: The Commission is examining dental facilities at Zorro Ranch, Epstein’s scientific relationships, his interest in eugenics and transhumanism, and reports involving medical equipment or procedures.

Financial crimes and recovery: The Commission is reviewing banking activity, corporate entities, financial compliance records, possible financial irregularities, and potential avenues for survivor compensation.

Evidence of Abuse at Zorro Ranch

The report states that FBI records, survivor statements, court filings, and the prosecution of Ghislaine Maxwell establish that minors were transported to Zorro Ranch and abused there.

The Commission reviewed reports involving five survivors. It anonymized them as Jane Doe 1 through Jane Doe 5.

The report also identified at least 30 other people whose experiences require further investigation. Some may have been survivors. Some may have been witnesses or facilitators. Some may have occupied more than one role.

The Commission cautioned that insufficient information currently exists to classify those individuals accurately.

Jane Doe 1

Jane Doe 1 described interactions with Epstein and Maxwell in New York and at Zorro Ranch in 1996.

According to an FBI interview, Epstein or Maxwell purchased her airline ticket to New Mexico. A ranch manager collected her after she arrived in Santa Fe.

Jane Doe 1 reported that Maxwell took her shopping, asked her to undress for a massage, and touched her breast during that massage. She also described Epstein entering her bedroom, getting into bed beside her while both were dressed, touching her thigh at a movie, stroking her hair, and commenting on her appearance.

The federal indictment against Maxwell alleged that “Minor Victim 2” was transported to New Mexico while under 18 and groomed at Epstein’s residence. The report states that Minor Victim 2 is understood to be Jane Doe 1.

The underlying records include the FBI account concerning Jane Doe 1, the Maxwell indictment allegations involving New Mexico, the superseding indictment, and the Maxwell detention memorandum.

Jane Doe 2

Jane Doe 2 was a professional massage therapist who reported working at Zorro Ranch beginning in approximately 1999.

She told investigators that she massaged Epstein, Maxwell, and several younger women. She said that some massages with Epstein became sexual.

Jane Doe 2 recalled seeing photographs of women with exposed breasts inside the residence. She also reported that Maxwell requested young, attractive women and made comments about the physical appearance of people brought to the property.

Approximately two years after Jane Doe 2 began visiting the ranch, someone presented her with a confidentiality agreement. She did not sign it and stopped working there.

Her FBI interview is preserved in EFTA00153855.

Jane Doe 3

Jane Doe 3 provided a survivor statement during Maxwell’s sentencing proceedings.

She stated that she was 15 when she traveled aboard Epstein’s aircraft to Zorro Ranch in 2004. She said Epstein sexually molested her for hours.

Jane Doe 3 described Epstein attempting to portray the abuse as beneficial to her development. She also recalled seeing photographs of Epstein with wealthy political and public figures while she was being abused.

Later that evening, she and another girl took all terrain vehicles across the ranch. When Jane Doe 3 worried that she might be punished after crashing one, the other girl reportedly told her that nobody got in trouble for anything there.

Her survivor statement appears in EFTA00020068.

Jane Doe 4

Jane Doe 4 reported being transported to Zorro Ranch and sexually abused there.

She described manicured grounds, fountains, a tennis court, an aircraft hangar, a grass runway, housing for ranch employees, and a main residence that Epstein called his castle.

Jane Doe 4 also testified in a deposition that she was trafficked to New Mexico for a sexual encounter with former Governor Bill Richardson. Richardson denied allegations of sexual misconduct involving Epstein’s survivors.

The Commission presented this as an allegation contained in testimony, not an adjudicated finding.

Jane Doe 5

Jane Doe 5 alleged in federal litigation that Epstein took her to Zorro Ranch several times between 2007 and 2010, when she was in her early twenties.

She said she was an aspiring ballet dancer struggling to help pay her mother’s rent when she met Epstein. According to her complaint, Epstein gradually controlled her clothing, food, career, travel, and personal life.

Jane Doe 5 alleged that she was coerced into commercial sex acts in New York, Florida, the United States Virgin Islands, and New Mexico. She said she was forced to engage in sexual activity with Epstein and other people.

Her allegations concerning New Mexico and Epstein’s control are documented in EFTA01249981, EFTA01249996, EFTA01249999, EFTA01250003, and EFTA01250005.

Corroborating Witness Evidence

The Commission reviewed a 2021 FBI interview with a reflexologist who worked at Zorro Ranch between approximately 1999 and 2008.

The witness reported seeing several young women arrive at the ranch. She estimated that they appeared to be 18 or younger. She understood that they had arrived by aircraft.

The witness recalled Maxwell saying that a recommended reflexologist needed to be attractive. She also described being asked to train a young woman who traveled between Epstein’s properties as his massage therapist.

The witness said ranch staff repeatedly attempted to obtain her signature on a confidentiality agreement carrying a reported $250,000 penalty. She refused to sign it.

She stated that she never personally witnessed sexual abuse and that Epstein did not behave sexually toward her. However, her descriptions of young women, massage recruitment, aircraft arrivals, confidentiality demands, and Maxwell’s control of household procedures were considered potentially corroborating evidence.

The interview begins with EFTA00090036. Relevant sections also appear in EFTA00090051, EFTA00090053, EFTA00090056, EFTA00090061, EFTA00090071, and EFTA00090083.

Photographic and Digital Evidence

The report discusses compact discs found inside a safe at Epstein’s Manhattan residence.

According to the federal search warrant record, some discs carried labels referring to nude images. Other labels included the words “Zorro” or “LSJ,” an apparent reference to Little Saint James.

The document does not establish exactly what every disc contained. However, the labels demonstrate that material associated with Zorro Ranch was among media stored in Epstein’s safe.

The search warrant description appears in EFTA01648851.

The Commission also reviewed a catalog from a seized digital device containing a folder labeled “ZORRO” near folders with names referring to women, regions, and nationalities. The report correctly warns that folder names alone do not prove what the folders contained.

That catalog appears in EFTA00004477.

Anonymous Burial Allegations Remain Unverified

The report discusses a 2019 email from an anonymous person claiming to have worked at Zorro Ranch. The sender demanded payment in Bitcoin and alleged that two foreign women had been buried on Epstein’s orders.

The Commission classified the message as an anonymous and unverified claim.

A separate person later claimed to have found disturbed ground or grave shaped areas after entering the ranch without permission in 2020.

New Mexico authorities searched the property in March 2026 using cadaver dogs and ground penetrating radar. No human remains had been confirmed when the interim report was completed.

The anonymous 2019 message appears in EFTA00067066.

Twenty Subpoenas and More Than 100,000 Records

The Commission issued twenty subpoenas between June 5 and June 30, 2026.

Recipients included the New Mexico State Land Office, Governor’s Office, New Mexico Department of Justice, Department of Public Safety, Department of Health, Public Regulation Commission, Regulation and Licensing Department, State Records and Archives, Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office, Santa Fe Institute, Federal Aviation Administration, Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan, and seven United States Attorney’s Offices.

The interim report classified ten recipients as fully compliant and two as partially compliant. Eight had refused compliance or had not responded when the report was prepared.

The Commission reported receiving more than 100,000 records. It said additional enforcement decisions would depend upon the relevance of the requested evidence and available investigative resources.

The twenty signed subpoena documents provided with the interim report support the Commission’s description of the recipients, production demands, preservation requirements, and response deadlines.

Why Zorro Ranch Was Not Searched Earlier

The report describes repeated institutional deferrals between New Mexico and federal authorities.

The New Mexico Attorney General’s Office began investigating Epstein before his July 2019 arrest. According to federal correspondence, the office agreed in July 2019 to stop its sex trafficking investigation and provide its evidence to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York.

New Mexico expected federal prosecutors to return information involving possible state crimes after the federal prosecution concluded.

Epstein died in August 2019. The federal prosecution against him ended without a trial. The Commission found no evidence that the New Mexico investigation was promptly resumed.

The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of New Mexico offered to assist federal prosecutors in New York with a search warrant application for Zorro Ranch. No federal application was submitted, and no federal search occurred.

The correspondence concerning the proposed search and agency communications appears in EFTA00019183, EFTA00019186, EFTA00019188, EFTA00019190, and EFTA00019192.

The New Mexico Department of Justice reopened its investigation in February 2026.

Problems With the Earlier New Mexico Investigation

The Commission reported that materials collected by the New Mexico Attorney General’s Office were sent to federal prosecutors in New York.

The New Mexico office either did not retain copies of those materials or could no longer locate them.

The Southern District of New York refused to comply with the Commission’s subpoena. The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of New Mexico produced only a limited number of records and said it had not led the investigation.

As a result, the Commission said it could not yet determine why New Mexico charges were never pursued or why the New Mexico investigation was not completed.

Sex Offender Registration Oversight

The report examined Epstein’s sex offender registration status in New Mexico following his 2008 Florida conviction.

Florida authorities notified New Mexico in July 2010 that Epstein had provided Zorro Ranch as a forwarding address. New Mexico initially contacted Epstein about registration.

State officials later concluded that his Florida conviction did not require registration under the New Mexico statute then in effect. However, the report states that federal registration requirements may still have applied while he was present in New Mexico.

Epstein completed a New Mexico registration form in August 2010. The accompanying records identified two vehicles, four aircraft, 24 landlines, and one mobile telephone.

Between December 2010 and July 2015, Epstein or his attorney Darren Indyke notified the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office on thirteen occasions about intended travel to New Mexico.

An internal ranch document stated that Epstein was required to notify a detective before traveling to the property. That record appears in EFTA00315566.

The report questioned whether the resulting supervision was sufficient and whether federal registration requirements were adequately enforced.

Political Connections and Institutional Influence

The Commission found that Epstein continued cultivating powerful relationships after his conviction and sex offender designation.

The report describes political figures, academics, scientists, executives, celebrities, employees, and other influential visitors traveling with Epstein or visiting Zorro Ranch.

The Commission cautioned that presence on a flight or at the ranch does not establish participation in abuse.

The report said it had not yet found evidence that Epstein used claims of national security or foreign intelligence involvement to avoid investigation. It also said its inquiry into possible blackmail remained ongoing.

Medical and Scientific Questions

The Commission examined the presence of dental equipment at Zorro Ranch and Epstein’s relationship with Karyna Shuliak.

Shuliak applied for a New Mexico dental license in 2015. Her application listed a proposed practice called “Zorro Smiles” at 49 Zorro Ranch Road.

The New Mexico Board of Dental Health Care issued her a license. Emails later referenced oxygen, anesthetic, and a dental chair pump at the ranch.

The Commission found no evidence that Shuliak actually operated a dental practice in New Mexico. It also found no evidence connecting the dental equipment to survivor reports involving medical equipment.

Relevant records include Shuliak’s Columbia dental application history, Epstein related communications concerning her admission, dental licensing and education records, and Epstein’s will and trust arrangements.

The report also examined Epstein’s relationships with scientists and the Santa Fe Institute. It noted that correspondence or financial support does not establish wrongdoing by the scientists or institutions named.

Financial Records and Banks

The Commission subpoenaed Deutsche Bank and JPMorgan.

Deutsche Bank began producing records on a continuing basis. The bank estimated that approximately 60,000 pages could be responsive.

The Commission said JPMorgan had not provided responsive records when the interim report was completed. JPMorgan reportedly indicated that the subpoena may have been misdirected and requested another copy.

The report cites compliance records showing scrutiny of Epstein related entities. It also cites a JPMorgan note identifying Epstein as a politically exposed person because of his relationships with prominent political figures.

Those banking records appear in EFTA01416621 and EFTA01424829.

Because the banking production remained incomplete, the Commission deferred any conclusions about financial crimes or irregularities in New Mexico.

The Commission’s Three Major Observations

The Commission offered three preliminary observations.

First, Epstein maintained wealth, access, and influence after his 2008 conviction. Powerful people and institutions continued associating with him despite public knowledge of his sex offender status.

Second, the Commission concluded that Epstein operated his abuse system in plain sight. Young women and girls traveled on his aircraft, appeared at his properties, and interacted with staff, contractors, and visitors.

Third, the Commission concluded that law enforcement agencies responsible for protecting people in New Mexico remained passive. State and federal officials relied upon prosecutors in Florida and New York, leaving Epstein’s conduct in New Mexico largely unexamined and unpunished.

These are the Commission’s preliminary observations. Final findings and recommendations are expected in its final report.

What the Interim Report Does Not Establish

The report does not establish that every visitor to Zorro Ranch knew about or participated in abuse.

It does not establish the contents of every digital folder or compact disc associated with the ranch.

It does not verify the anonymous burial allegations.

It does not establish that every person transported aboard Epstein’s aircraft was a survivor, facilitator, or participant in criminal conduct.

It does not present final conclusions about blackmail, intelligence relationships, medical improprieties, financial crimes, or individual criminal liability.

The Commission stated that its investigation remains active and that errors will be corrected as additional evidence becomes available.

Key Takeaways

The interim report presents the most extensive official state examination to date of Jeffrey Epstein’s activities at Zorro Ranch.

The Commission says available evidence supports the conclusion that Epstein abused at least five women and girls at the ranch between 1996 and 2012.

At least 30 additional people may have information about abuse, trafficking, recruitment, facilitation, or other activities connected to the property.

No federal search warrant was executed at Zorro Ranch. New Mexico authorities did not search the property until March 2026.

The New Mexico Attorney General’s Office halted its 2019 sex trafficking investigation after federal prosecutors in New York asked it to defer.

Records transferred from New Mexico to federal prosecutors were not returned, and New Mexico did not retain or could not locate a complete copy.

The Commission issued twenty subpoenas and received more than 100,000 records, but several federal offices refused to comply or did not respond.

The report is preliminary. Final findings, conclusions, and legislative recommendations remain pending.

Survivor Support and Commission Tips

Anyone with information about Zorro Ranch or Epstein’s activities in New Mexico may contact the New Mexico Survivors’ Truth Commission. The Commission states that tips may be submitted anonymously.

New Mexico’s confidential Sexual Assault Helpline is available at 1 844 667 2457. Online support is available through the New Mexico Sexual Assault Helpline.

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