Two top executives at an L.A.-based Latin music conglomerate were arrested by FBI agents today on charges that they conspired to violate the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act by conducting business with a concert promoter with ties to Mexican drug cartels.
Angel del Villar, CEO of Del Records and its subsidiary talent agency Del Entertainment, and Del Entertainment CFO Luca Scalisi, are named in a criminal complaint that accuses them of “conspiracy to transact in property of specially designated narcotics traffickers in violation of the Kingpin Act.” Both men made their initial appearances this afternoon in United States District Court in downtown Los Angeles.
Del Villar was ordered released on $100,000 bond and Scalisi was ordered released on $35,000 bond. Their arraignments have been scheduled for July 20.Founded in 2009, locally-based Del Records bills itself as “the most successful Latin independent entertainment label in Regional Mexican music today.”A third defendant – Jesus Perez Alvear of Cuernavaca, Mexico, was also named in the complaint, although his whereabouts are unknown.
Perez is a music promoter who controls Gallistica Diamante, a.k.a. Ticket Premier, a music promotion business in Mexico. In 2018, the U.S.
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