CLARK, Circuit Judge:
The dispositive issue in this direct criminal appeal is the legality of a search conducted by Border Patrol agents at a traffic checkpoint on Highway 59 between Laredo and Freer, Texas. To sustain the search, the government was required to show either that 1) the Freer checkpoint was the functional equivalent of the border, or 2) probable cause for the search. United States v. Ortiz,
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