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California-based execs of Latin music company are arrested for business ties to Mexico-based concert promoter linked to powerful drug cartels

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June 23, 2022
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California-based execs of Latin music company are arrested for business ties to Mexico-based concert promoter linked to powerful drug cartels

  • Ángel del Villar, the CEO of Los Angeles-based Del Records and talent agency Del Entertainment was arrested by the FBI on Wednesday
  • His associated Luca Scalisi was also taken into custody on Wednesday
  • Both men are accused of holding ‘business’ with Jesús Pérez, who was designated as a drug trafficker by the Department of Treasury in April 2018
  • The Department of Justice said Pérez promoted concerts under his company Gallistica Diamante
  • As a concert promoter, Pérez allegedly laundered money for the Jalisco New Generation Cartel and Los Cuinis Drug Trafficking Organization
  • Pérez reportedly promoted concerts for Del Entertainment until March 2019
  • Prosecutors say del Villar provided a credit card to pay for the transportation of a popular Mexican Regional singer on five occasions between 2018 and 2019 

By Adry Torres For Dailymail.com

Published: 17:02 EDT, 16 June 2022 | Updated: 17:09 EDT, 16 June 2022

A California-based Latin music company CEO and an associate are being accused of engaging in business transactions with a Mexican-based concert promoter who has ties to drug cartels in Mexico. 

Ángel del Villar, 41, owner of Del Records and talent agency Del Entertainment, and Luca Scalisi, 56, the chief financial officer of Del Entertainment, were taken into custody Wednesday morning.

Del Villar, of Huntington Beach, and Scalisi, of West Hollywood, appeared before a judge at the United States District court in Los Angeles the same day and were informed of their charges of conspiring to violate the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act.

Del Villar was released on a $100,000 bond while Scalisi was released on a $35,000 bond. Both men are due back in court July 20 for their arraignments.

DailyMail.com has reached out to del Villar for comment. 

Ángel del Villar, the owner of Del Records and talent agency Del Entertainment, was arrested by the FBI in Los Angeles on Wednesday and was released on a $100,000 bond. He and an associated identified as Luca Scalisi are being accused by the federal government of being involved in business dealing with Mexican-based concert promoter Jesús Pérez, who in 2018 was designated as a drug trafficker under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act for his ties to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel and Los Cuinis Drug Trafficking Organization

Jesús Pérez, of Morelos, Mexico, was designated as a narcotics trafficker for the Jalisco New Generation Cartel and Los Cuinis Drug Trafficking Organization by the Department of Treasury in April 2018. He was accused of laundering the cartels' drug sale profits by promoting concerts in Mexico under his company Gallistica Diamante in exchange for protection. He reportedly promoted concerts for California-based Del Records until March 2019

Jesús Pérez, of Morelos, Mexico, was designated as a narcotics trafficker for the Jalisco New Generation Cartel and Los Cuinis Drug Trafficking Organization by the Department of Treasury in April 2018. He was accused of laundering the cartels’ drug sale profits by promoting concerts in Mexico under his company Gallistica Diamante in exchange for protection. He reportedly promoted concerts for California-based Del Records until March 2019

A third individual identified as Jesús Pérez, 37, of Morelos, Mexico, was also named in the criminal complaint. Federal investigators believe he may be in Mexico.

Pérez was designated as a narcotics trafficker for the Jalisco New Generation Cartel and Los Cuinis Drug Trafficking Organization by the Department of Treasury in April 2018.

He was accused of laundering the cartels’ drug sale profits by promoting concerts in Mexico under his company Gallistica Diamante in exchange for protection.

Prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney’s Office Central District of California said Pérez  promoted concerts for Del Entertainment until March 2019.

According to the complaint, the FBI agents approached a popular Mexican Regional musician identified as Individual A on April 19, 2018 and advised him about not doing business with Pérez at concerts that he promoted because he was designated under the Kingpin Act.

However, Individual A disregarded the FBI’s warning and performed at a concert organized by Pérez on April 28, 2018. 

Department of Treasury designated Jesús Pérez as a narcotics trafficker for the Jalisco New Generation Cartel and Los Cuinis Drug Trafficking Organization by the Department of Treasury in April 2018

Department of Treasury designated Jesús Pérez as a narcotics trafficker for the Jalisco New Generation Cartel and Los Cuinis Drug Trafficking Organization by the Department of Treasury in April 2018

Prosecutors found that del Villar’s credit card was used to book a private jet that transported the musician from Van Nuys Airport to the concert in Aguascalientes, Mexico.

The singer went on to perform at four other concerts in 2018 and 2019 that were promoted by Pérez in the Mexican cities of Mexicali, Salamanca, Chiapas and San Jose Iturbide.

‘Individual A acted at the direction or with the knowledge of Del Villar, Scalisi and Perez,’ the Department of Justice said.

Del Villar and Scalisi could face the maximum sentence of 30 years in prison if they are found guilty of violating the Kingpin Act.   

Meanwhile, Pérez could be subject to a 10-year prison sentence.

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