Pena, who had a layover at O'Hare Airport on a flight from Brazil to New Jersey, was previously convicted of smuggling drugs in 2022, authorities say.

Federal agents found 14 kilograms of cocaine hidden in the cushions of a wheelchair belonging to a woman whose plane landed at O’Hare International Airport over the weekend during a trip from Brazil to Newark,

After a narcotics canine gave a “positive response” to the chair, an officer drilled into the cushion revealing a “white powdery substance," per the documents