Two New Mexico lawmakers on Thursday outlined their proposal for a new “truth commission” to investigate what took place over decades at Jeffrey Epstein’s massive Zorro Ranch in southern Santa Fe County — and the state’s failures to hold Epstein and others accountable for any crimes.

Epstein, the convicted sex offender and financier who died in federal custody in 2019 at the age of 66, had owned the 7,560-acre property near Stanley — around 40 miles south of Santa Fe — since 1993, after purchasing it from former Gov. Bruce King. Several women have alleged they were sexually abused at the ranch, which featured a 26,700-square-foot mansion and about a dozen other structures.

But what unfolded at Zorro Ranch has not been thoroughly investigated, Democratic Reps. Andrea Romero of Santa Fe

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