United States v. Jose Angel Perez-Sosa

FAGG, Circuit Judge.

Jose Angel Perez-Sosa appeals his convictions for transporting illegal aliens, see 8 U.S.C. § 1324(a)(1)(A)(ii) (1994), and conspiring to transport illegal aliens, see 18 U.S.C. § 371 (1994). We affirm.

A Nebraska state trooper parked next to an exit ramp on Interstate 80 heard a radio report of an anonymous cellular telephone tip. According to the tipster, two white vans carrying a large number of people were speeding and driving erratically on Interstate 80. One van had Nevada license plates and the other had Arizona plates. Less than a minute later, two white vans with…