MIAMI – Two Miami men were found guilty in kidnappings that resulted in the death of two men and traumatic injury of another in Opa-Locka in 2020.
On Tuesday, James Edward Daniels, 59, and Frederick Eugene Rudolph, 69, were found guilty of conspiracy to commit kidnapping resulting in death, multiple counts of kidnapping resulting in death and kidnapping in a trial before U.S. District Court Judge Roy K. Altman.
Sentencing is scheduled for May 10. Daniels and Rudolph face up to life in prison, criminal fines of up to $250,000 as to each count and up to a lifetime on supervised release.
The three kidnapped men were truckers, including the two who died: Osmar Oliva, 50, and Johan Gonzalez Quesada, 26. Oliva owned Oliva Delivery Corp.