CHICAGO (WLS) -- Saying that neither one poses a flight risk, Judge Heather McShain ordered both Marimar Martinez and Anthony Ruiz released pending their trial on Monday.

Their cases are joined into the same legal complaint by the government even though they were driving separate vehicles during Saturday's incident, and it appears that they do not know each other.

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In court on Monday, prosecutors described Miramar Martinez and Anthony Ruiz's actions as "extremely dangerous and extremely reckless."

Prosecutors said the two had been following a vehicle being driven by Customs and Border Patrol agents for 20-30 minutes before the alleged ramming took place Saturday morning, adding that "The defendants weren't in the wrong place at

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