LOS ANGELES—A Southland music executive and his company were found guilty on March 27 of conspiring to do business with a Guadalajara-based concert promoter with ties to Mexican drug cartels.
Angel Del Villar, 44, of Huntington Beach, the chief executive of Del Records and its subsidiary talent agency Del Entertainment, was found guilty of one count of conspiracy to transact in property of specially designated narcotics traffickers in violation of the Kingpin Act and 10 counts of violating the Kingpin Act, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.