Overview
- DEA agents at O’Hare identified Nancy Ramos on Jan. 5 after monitoring incoming flights from Los Angeles.
- A narcotics dog alerted before Ramos consented to a search that uncovered about 13 kilograms of suspected cocaine in her checked bags.
- Agents later located Vanessa Perez, whose checked luggage contained roughly nine kilograms after a consensual search.
- Both face Cook County counts of possession with intent to deliver and controlled substance trafficking, following a DEA referral to local prosecutors.
- Judge Shauna Boliker ordered Ramos released on electronic monitoring after denying a detention petition, while Judge Antara Rivera released Perez pending trial.