United States v. Nicolas Gomez

SYKES, Circuit Judge.

Federal agents suspected Nicolas Gomez of involvement in a cocaine-distribution ring operating in Chicago and Milwaukee. A wiretap on the phones of Robert Romero, a known Chicago supplier, revealed a reseller named “Güero” who lived in Milwaukee. The agents believed that Gomez was Güero. When Romero and Güero scheduled a deal for September 3, 2010, the agents followed Romero as he drove from Chicago to Milwaukee and parked his car on a street near Gomez’s house. The two men had a brief conversation next to Romero’s car and then left the scene on foot. Later that day the…