On Tuesday, the FBI arrested two música Mexicana record label executives for doing business with a concert promoter with alleged ties to Mexican drug cartels in 2018.
Angel Del Villar, CEO of Del Records, and Luis Scalisi, CFO of subsidiary Del Entertainment, were arrested and later released on bail for allegedly conspiring to violate the Kingpin Act, which prohibits Americans from conducting business with foreign narcotics traffickers.
The FBI complaint alleges that the two men exchanged money and services with a man named Jesus Perez Alvear — listed as a narcotics trafficker under the Kingpin Act,...
Angel Del Villar, CEO of Del Records, and Luis Scalisi, CFO of subsidiary Del Entertainment, were arrested and later released on bail for allegedly conspiring to violate the Kingpin Act, which prohibits Americans from conducting business with foreign narcotics traffickers.
The FBI complaint alleges that the two men exchanged money and services with a man named Jesus Perez Alvear — listed as a narcotics trafficker under the Kingpin Act,...
- 6/15/2022
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
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,...
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,...
- 6/15/2022
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
Ariel Camacho, a popular Mexican singer who had many American fans, died Wednesday morning in a car crash outside of Sinaloa, Mexico. He was 22. The young singer had been on tour promoting his most recent album, El Karma, which was recorded with label Del Records. He was also recording new music with his band, Los Plebes del Rancho, shortly before he died. "My heart is broken by the loss of Ariel Camacho," says Angel Del Villar, founder of Del Records in a statement obtained by E! News. "Ariel was like a son to me. I knew he was going to transform the genre in Mexico and the United States. Millions of people would have become fans and would have gotten to know the inspiring young man I knew. We send our...
- 2/26/2015
- E! Online
Ariel Camacho, a popular Mexican singer who counted Americans among his fans, died in a car crash Wednesday morning. He was 22. The artist reportedly passed away following a highway accident just outside of Sinaloa, Mexico, where he grew up, reports Billboard. The young star had reportedly been on tour promoting a deluxe version of his latest album, El Karma, which he recorded for Del Records with his band, Los Plebes del Rancho. The record label confirmed Camacho's death on its social media accounts, and posted a Facebook video of mourning fans singing his hit, "Te Metiste." Camacho was known for...
- 2/26/2015
- by Kathy Ehrich Dowd, @kathyehrichdowd
- PEOPLE.com
Ariel Camacho, a popular Mexican singer who counted Americans among his fans, died in a car crash Wednesday morning. He was 22. The artist reportedly passed away following a highway accident just outside of Sinaloa, Mexico, where he grew up, reports Billboard. The young star had reportedly been on tour promoting a deluxe version of his latest album, El Karma, which he recorded for Del Records with his band, Los Plebes del Rancho. The record label confirmed Camacho's death on its social media accounts, and posted a Facebook video of mourning fans singing his hit, "Te Metiste." Camacho was known for...
- 2/26/2015
- by Kathy Ehrich Dowd, @kathyehrichdowd
- PEOPLE.com
Mexican singer Ariel Camacho died in a car accident in Mexico Wednesday. He was 22. Ariel Camacho Dies Angel Del Villar, president and founder of the Regional Mexican label Del Record, confirmed Camacho’s untimely death to Billboard. “My heart is broken by the loss of Ariel Camacho,” Del Villar said. “I knew he was going […]
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- 2/26/2015
- by Chelsea Regan
- Uinterview
Fans of promising young Mexican singer Ariel Camacho are in mourning, after the former YouTube sensation was killed in a car crash in his native Sinaloa, Mexico, on Wednesday, Feb. 25. He was 22. Camacho’s passing was confirmed by his Del Records label. "My heart is broken by the loss of Ariel Camacho," Angel Del Villar, the label’s president and founder, told Billboard in a statement Wednesday. "I knew he was going to transform the genre in Mexico and the United States. Millions of people would have [...]...
- 2/26/2015
- Us Weekly
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