“"We provided information to them to strengthen their prosecution," he said. Prosecutors made assurances they would provide findings to New Mexico investigators. "They were making the representation that they were going to prosecute with a multijurisdictional, multistate focus.”

Balderas' office also sent a letter in 2020 urging federal prosecutors to seize control of Zorro Ranch to preserve evidence, records show.”

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Feds asked New Mexico to halt Jeffrey Epstein Zorro Ranch sex trafficking probe, records show

Newly released DOJ records reveal federal prosecutors asked New Mexico to stop its Jeffrey Epstein Zorro Ranch sex trafficking investigation, as former AG Hector Balderas says cooperation was one-way and the state reopens the probe with a new truth-finding commission.

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