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Del Records CEO Ángel del Villar Found Guilty in Criminal Trial Over Mexican Cartel Ties

Ángel del Villar, Del Records' CEO, was found guilty by a jury in the trial over his ties to a concert promoter linked to Mexican drug cartels.

Latin music executive Angel Del Villar was convicted by a federal jury Thursday (March 27) on felony charges of doing business with a concert promoter linked to Mexican drug cartels, setting the stage for a potential decades-long prison sentence. Jurors found the Del Records CEO guilty on 10 counts of violating the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act, a federal law that bars U.S. residents from doing business with known drug traffickers, as well as one conspiracy charge, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles told Billboard on Thursday. The U.S. Treasury Department added Pérez Alvear to the sanctions list in 2018, claiming he and his company, Gallistica Diamante, had helped cartels “exploit the Mexican music industry to launder drug proceeds and glorify their criminal activities.” According to court records, he has since died.

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