United States v. Jorge Robles-Avalos

JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

*407 In this consolidated action, Jorge Robles-Avalos and Ismael Guevara-Lopez appeal their convictions on the sole ground that their traffic stop lacked reasonable suspicion. We find no error and affirm.

I

Defendants were passengers in a car stopped by Border Patrol Agent Barry McLain while he was on roving patrol west of Marfa, Texas. McLain had been an agent for eight years, all at the Marfa Station. Around midnight, he saw a Chrysler 300 driving west on U.S. Highway 90. Of the areas he patrolled, that section of Highway 90 was the most heavily trafficked by…