UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alfredo IRIARTE-ORTEGA, Defendant-Appellant

OPINION

KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge.

Alfredo Iriarte-Ortega appeals his conviction and sentence for conspiracy to import marijuana in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 952, 960, 963, and conspiracy to possess marijuana with intent to distribute in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 846.

On August 17, 1995, Border Patrol Agent Martin Miles was flying over the Mexican border near Jacumba, California when he noticed two pickup trucks parked behind a house in Mexico. About an hour after the agent first noticed them, the trucks drove to the border, forded a ditch and continued north, driving in tandem. After…