The CEO of Del Records has been found guilty of violating the Kingpin Act and will face a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison. On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Ángel Del Villar, who’s behind the label, was found guilty of conspiracy to transact with a cartel, along with 10 other counts related to the Kingpin Act.
According to a statement from the DOJ, Del Villar — and co-defendant Del Entertainment — was found guilty of doing business with Jesus “Chucho” Pérez Alvear, a promoter that worked directly with Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generación and Los Cuinis, two drug cartels in Mexico. In 2018, the DOJ designated Perez as a “narcotics trafficker” after finding that he was helping the cartels launder money. (Perez was killed in December 2024.)
“The defendants here chose to get into business with an individual they knew had ties…
