Property Raids

Federal agents served warrants at three of Jeffrey Epstein's six major properties during the weeks that followed his July 2019 arrest—his Manhattan townhouse (6–7 July), Little St James in the U.S. Virgin Islands (12 Aug), and his Paris apartment on Avenue Foch (24 Sept).

Contemporary coverage shows no 2019 searches at the Palm Beach mansion, Zorro Ranch in New Mexico, or the neighboring Great St James island. ^12345678

  Property portfolio and 2019 enforcement activity

  Conclusion

Rapid U.S. warrant cycle: The Manhattan search began within hours of the arrest at Teterboro, yielding photographs, hard drives, cash, and a fraudulent passport.¹²

Island follow-up after Epstein's death: The Little St James raid—two days after he was found dead—showed the federal probe would continue despite his suicide.⁴⁵

International cooperation: French authorities acted independently but in coordination with U.S. prosecutors, targeting the Avenue Foch flats linked to flights mentioned in the indictment.⁶

Gaps in 2019 coverage: New Mexico officials, frustrated by jurisdictional limits, noted the ranch was untouched during 2019; similar silence surrounds Great St James and the already-searched Palm Beach house.⁷⁸

  The 2026 New Mexico search

The 2019 gap at Zorro Ranch is no longer the end of the enforcement record. After Attorney General Raúl Torrez reopened a state criminal investigation on February 19, 2026, New Mexico Department of Justice agents searched the former ranch on March 9 with the New Mexico State Police and a Sandoval County Fire and Rescue K-9 team. The state's spokesperson said the current owners granted access and asked the public to stay away from the property and ground nearby drones.⁹

The state criminal inquiry remains open. No public inventory of seized items has been released. No finding of buried bodies has been verified. A tip cited later in New Mexico's records lawsuit is an allegation in a complaint, not a discovery. The state's August 5, 2026 suit, State of New Mexico v. U.S. Department of Justice, No. 1:26-cv-02762, seeks unredacted federal files for that investigation and is still pending. See New Mexico and Zorro Ranch.¹⁰¹¹

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  References

  Footnotes

1. Jeffrey Epstein, Wikipedia ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸

2. FBI Used Saw to Open Safe, Diamonds, Business Insider ↩ ↩² ↩³

3. Inside Jeffrey Epstein's NYC Townhouse, NYMag ↩

4. FBI raids Jeffrey Epstein's private Caribbean island, The Guardian ↩ ↩² ↩³

5. Drone Footage Shows FBI Raiding Island, Business Insider ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵

6. Searches carried out at Paris home of Epstein and at model agency, Reuters ↩ ↩² ↩³

7. New Mexico ranch still hasn't been raided by federal agents, CBS News ↩ ↩² ↩³

8. Florida bill could help open grand jury records ↩ ↩² ↩³

9. Statement from New Mexico Department of Justice Spokesperson Regarding Today's Search of the Former Zorro Ranch, March 9, 2026 ↩ ↩²

10. Statement from the New Mexico Department of Justice Regarding Zorro Ranch, February 19, 2026 ↩

11. Complaint, State of New Mexico v. U.S. Department of Justice, No. 1:26-cv-02762 (D.D.C. Aug. 5, 2026) ↩