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Few detectives even knew it was possible. Today, a U.S. Justice Department international law specialist said, the Los Angeles unit is in БЂњthe forefront of using this tactic.БЂ«Operating under the fugitive division headed by Ross, the foreign prosecution unit is led by two homicide squad veterans, Detectives Zorrilla and Gilberto Moya. Both see their jobs as equal parts detective work and diplomacy. The Murder Book To О¬Ѓle cases in Mexico, the unit, whose members are bilingual, compiles a written record of the case in Spanish. AfО¬Ѓdavits, witness statements, photographs and descriptions of evidence are put into a report they call the БЂњmurder book.БЂ«This consolidation and translation is often the longest part of the procedure, usually lasting several weeks. The Lisa Ann Rosales case О¬Ѓlled four thick О¬Ѓles. The district attorneyБЂ™s ofО¬Ѓce must then formally relinquish jurisdiction of a case, an action that is not taken lightly. Prosecutors acknowledge that because of the U.S. ConstitutionБЂ™s protection against double jeopardy, if they seek trial of a case in Mexico and do not get a guilty verdict, any attempt to reО¬Ѓle the charges in the United States would be quickly challenged ...»