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corr ob orat ed by thei r observat i on of tw o car s m at chi ng thatdesc ri pt i on w hi ch w er e tra vel i ng t og ether north (aw ayfr om the bo rder ) on B uckm an S pri ng s R oad, a s tre et th a t c o n n e c ts w ith H ig h w a y 9 4 n e a rw h e r e th e S U V a n d w h ite s e d a n r e p o r te d ly sto p p ed . T h e a g en ts o b se rv ed silh o u ettes o f p eo p le cr o u ch in g b eh in d th e S U V ’s dri ver, and n ot ed thatthe S U V appeare d h eavi l y l aden, w hi ch prov i ded further corr ob orat i on for the t i p. M oreover, the agent s t es t i fi ed that , i n thei r e xp er i ence , i ndi vi dua l s i nvol ve d i n a l i e n s m uggl i ng r e gul a r l y m a ke us e of al oa d ve hi c l e a nd sc ou tca r t o avo i d d et ec t i on . W e m ustgi ve du e w ei gh tt o the op i ni on s of off i ce rs w ho “ draw on thei r ow n exp er i ence and speci al i ze d tra i ni ng t o m ake i nfer ence s fr om and d educt i on s abo utthe cum ul at i ve i nform at i on avai l abl e. ” U n ite d S ta te s v . A rvi zu , 5 3 4 U . S . 2 6 6 , 2 7 3 (2 0 0 2 ). B ased o n th e t i p an d th ei r o w n o b serv at i o n s, i nt e rpr e t e d i n l i ghtof

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t ot al i ty of the ci rc um st ance s, and g i vi ng du e w ei gh tt o the expert i se of the offi ce rs i nv ol ved, w e c on cl ud e thatthe ci rc um st ance s w er e s uffi ci entt o “ pai nta pi cture th a t w o u ld c r e a te in th e m in d o f atr a in e d b o r d e rp a tr o l a g e n t ar e a s o n ab le s u s p ic io n ” th a t th e w h ite s e d a n w a s e n g a g e d in ille g a l a c tiv ity . U ni ted Stat es v. G u z m a n - P a d illa , 573 F . 3d 865, 882 ( 9th C i r . 2009) ( quot i ng U ni ted Stat es v. Fr anc o-Munoz , 9 5 2 F .2 d 1 0 5 5 , 1 0 5 8 ( 9 th C ir . 1 9 9 1 ) ) . AF F I RME D.