In a letter to Attorney General Raúl Torrez, former Attorney General Hector Balderas laid out new detail on how his administration’s independent investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch property intersected with the federal prosecution out of the Southern District of New York (SDNY), and the specific terms both sides allegedly agreed to.

“Former Attorney General Balderas has confirmed something we’ve said all along: New Mexico honored its side of an agreement with the federal government, and the federal government did not honor its own. That breach doesn’t weaken our position, it strengthens it. New Mexico is entitled to these records, and we will use every tool available, including litigation, to obtain them.” – AG Torrez