Orange County music exec worked with cartel-tied concert promoter: DOJ

A Huntington Beach man and his music company were convicted on 11 federal criminal counts for working with a concert promoter in Mexico who has ties to drug cartels.

José Ángel Del Villar, 44, of Huntington Beach and the CEO of Del Records and connected talent agency Del Entertainment Inc., was convicted by a jury on Thursday of 10 counts of violating the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act and an additional count of conspiracy to transact in property of specially designated narcotics traffickers in violation of the Kingpin Act, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a news release.

Del Entertainment was also convicted on the same 11 charges…

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