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 …
, 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.”
Founded in 2009, locally-based Del Records bills itself as “the most successful Latin independent entertainment label in Regional Mexican music today.” According to the U.S. Attorney’s office in Los Angeles, Perez promoted concerts in Mexico for Del Entertainment until March 2019, even though his designation as a “specially designated narcotics trafficker” prevents people in the United States from doing business with him and his company.
Even so, on April 28, 2018, Individual A performed at a music concert which Perez organized. According to the complaint, Del Villar’s credit card was used to pay for a private jet that brought the musician from Van Nuys Airport to the performance in Aguascalientes, Mexico.