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A Timeline of Ángel del Villar’s Legal Saga

Del Records CEO, Ángel del Villar, is accused of conducting business with a promoter connected to drug cartels. Here's a timeline of his legal saga.

The U.S. Treasury Department added Perez to the sanctions list in 2018, claiming he and his company had helped cartels “exploit the Mexican music industry to launder drug proceeds and glorify their criminal activities.” Ortiz — previously signed to Del Records and managed by Del Villar — testified that he had performed at Feria de San Marcos in Aguascalientes, Mexico in April 2018, promoted by Pérez Alvear, even after he had already been designated under the Kingpin Act, which is why he had also been charged in the case. Perez and Gallistica Diamante are listed as “Specially Designated Narcotics Traffickers” under the Kingpin Act, “which prevents people in the United States from conducting business with the two entities,” according the information released by the Department of Justice. Mr. Ortiz is a witness in this trial, and he has testified truthfully about performing at concerts in Mexico on behalf of promoters whom the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) has banned Americans from doing business with.”

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