"Sol Prendido" for Borderland Beat
Narrator: The DEL Records label reached the top thanks to the song 'Ella Baila Sola', performed by one of its members along with the artist Peso Pluma, who just won his first Grammy. In contrast, the owner of the Californian record label, José Ángel del Villar Ramírez, went through a difficult time. The Department of Justice accuses him of having done business with Jesús Pérez Alvear aka Chucho, a concert promoter in Mexico who was booked in 2018 for allegedly laundering money for the Jalisco New Generation Cartel. Del Villar pleaded not guilty, but his attempt to have the case dismissed has failed.
Ángel Del Villar: For me it is important to always be an honest and transparent person.
Narrator: One of the prosecution's star witnesses is the narco ballad singer Gerardo Ortiz. His name had been kept anonymous, but was recently revealed in court documents. The criminal process appears to revolve around a concert that Gerardo Ortiz gave at the Mexican fair in San Marcos, Aguascalientes in 2018. A few days before, Ortiz had been approached by FBI agents at the Phoenix airport, where they warned him about the accusations against the promoter Perez Alvear.
Anyway, Ortiz traveled by private jet to the San Marcos fair and collected $100,000. The legal defense of Del Villar, owner of the record label, suffered a setback in March 2023, when his partner Pérez Alvear signed a plea agreement. In this document, the promoter states that he secretly communicated with Del Villar using prepaid phones and that he suggested that he obtain a false invitation letter for Gerardo. Alias Chucho also signed other artists to the Del Records label.
The profits were more than 1.5 million, according to authorities. The Department of Treasury accused Pérez Alvear of laundering illicit money from the Jalisco New Generation Cartel using massive musical events as a front. The music promoter, who accepted his guilt, faces a sentence of up to ten years in prison. However, Del Villar's case is still ongoing. Bank records, emails, WhatsApp messages, wiretaps, and audio recordings are evidence that the Prosecutor's Office claims to have.
In addition, it was revealed in a hearing that the FBI managed to place a listening device in Del Villar's office, at the DEL Records record label facilities in the city of Bell Gardens, California. The list of possible witnesses for the trial includes a drug trafficker, whose name is kept secret and who claims to have moved drugs with Pérez Alvear.
Angel del Villar was born in Zacatecas and when he was 10 years old he emigrated to the United States. He had companies in the construction industry, when in 2008, without having had any connection with the business, he founded the record label DEL Records.
Ángel del Villar: I believe that in 10 years we, as a company, as independents, have achieved many things and we want to tell people that it is possible. You can project your dreams, right?
Narrator: Del Villar refused to grant an interview to Univisión Noticias. The singer Gerardo Ortiz didn’t respond to the messages sent by us. The DEL Récords label is still active representing singers of the regional Mexican genre.
They were trying to wack Gerardo
ReplyDeleteGerardo Ortiz, although a great singer, started his career by mainly singing in praise of CDS. So, it's no coincidence where he picked up that snitch habit of his. 😀 Angel del Villar screwed himself by nonstop bragging about how he's so humble. Yeah ok Zacatecas boy. Make sure you're clean shaven at every court appearance. It just might help you.
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DeleteThis dude is hard working citizen I know him his dating Wendy the tranny
DeleteThe article mentions CJNG and Zacatecas. How does CDS come into the conversation?
DeleteSinaloans can’t help themselves, snitches.
Delete6:24 wtf
Delete7:17 Gerardo ortiz is from Sinaloa and sings for CDS, thats probably why he is snitching
Delete@7:17 don't take it personal. Alot of these cjng butt sniffers are just cds/ Sinaloa haters and were hoping and praying to san Judas the cuatro would take the crown from them but it's not happening so they take every opportunity to "throw shade" at anybody related to a Sinaloa. Puro Guanajuato y Jalisco
DeleteSounds like a strong case and a lot of effort, time and money went into the prosecution
ReplyDeletebut based on the Justice Department's prosecution of a much higher profile target, Jessica Johanna Oseguera Gonzalez, who was targeted for OFAC violations and only received like 21 months
this may end up somewhere like that, if there's no more serious violations charged or found, or a superceding indictment, which given his fighting the case, they would have already unsealed.
@442 money laundering has a max 20 year penalty. Feds have a high conviction rate with nearly 9-10 pleading guilty. The feds don’t put together sloppy cases and they have plenty of resources if you want your day in court. And they tend to treat money laundering pretty severely.
DeleteMoney laundering is usually sentenced at lower levels than 20 years, but Del Villar is not actually charged with money laundering, it's conspiracy to violate the OFAC sanctions. The only other known case is the Jssica Johanna one.
Delete"FBI agents today arrested two music business executives – including the CEO of a Latin music conglomerate – who are charged with conspiring to violate the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act by conducting business with a Guadalajara-based concert promoter with ties to Mexican drug cartels"
Those Sinaloas man, telling you cant do bussiness with our them snitching on you, cant believe people still trust them
ReplyDeleteUh, Villar is from Zacatecas, and this article is claiming he was doing business with a CJNG operator, I don't know where Ortiz is from, but the article mentions nothing about CDS.
DeleteYou sound jelly, it’s all good we will still pipe down your women, idk why but hoes just love us once we say we from Sinaloa, nos avientan los calzónes luego luego
Delete@ 7:17 and 7:12
DeleteYou're obviously not Mexican so let me break it down for you again. Gerardo Ortiz owes his succes to CDS. His whole career is based on him singing in support of CDS. And once Gerardo Ortiz became the prosecutor's star witness guess where he learned about snitching to save his ass. From the very same people who gave him his rise to fame within the music industry.
Gerardo Ortiz family is from Sinaloa.
DeleteY arriba el sitio del medio, Badirtaguato Sinaloa!
Delete8:38 so you’re telling me it’s because he sang about cds (which artists hasn’t) is why he snitching hmm or maybe just maybe he’s a singer and not a gangster. Is it not cool just to be regular civilian these days or we all got to be hardcore keyboard gangsters like you playboy
DeleteThanx
Delete@7:12…if you don’t know where Ortiz is from,and who he is related to(Caro-Quintero Clan),you shouldn’t be on this site,too much for you
Delete@7:13 Sinaloan men prefer underage girls. Y’all are weirdos
Delete2:58 😂😂 te mamaste! But its true if anything im worried about my underage daughter around those Sonaloas
DeleteCon dinero baila el perrrrrro. With money the dog dances
ReplyDeleteFor me Del villar always seem sketchy like he has a dark past or something. You’re telling me out of nowhere he had the money to make a music label ? lol cool guy though
ReplyDeleteTienes razón
DeleteExacto tampoco nos atamos pendejos, ese vato has always been dirty
DeleteHis dad had construction biz and so did angel, he has always been in the construction biz , but he does have ties to all those east los people ( mago, rambo, ,ect…..) so who knows maybe the truth will come out during trial
DeleteHis dad was money laundering for Cartels before he passed away and then Angel was laundering money for los Avendaños for a while too .
DeleteWhy do you think mago died? had to get rid of the bridge to him lol smh
Delete"When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions"
ReplyDelete.. Hamlet
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"Once upon a time I dated this El Salvadorian, in my 20 s our get together were great, Christmas year party great, with Long island ice tea drinks, and laughing the night away, in this one I had a mid sized beard, jet black, the couple next to us ruined it ( never say nothing negative when at party with drinks), the female had told my date, she didn't like my beard, the next week to go out on a date, she was not available, not next week another excuse, my beard got me dumped..but I continued with life."
DeleteSaul Ortega Chacon L.
Hang him
ReplyDeleteHahahahahaha now that money hungry bitch Cheli can raise that kid on her own. Oh ya and let's all remember how humble and honest Angel is his corridos say so it must be true. To be honest if a guy tried to have me walked it would be the only way I'd rat on someone. Angel and Chucho tried to kill Gerardo no doubt.
ReplyDeleteI remember when he first got raided by the FBI he immediately married that chick lol
DeleteAngel se le ve lo malandroso a millas
ReplyDeleteDel Villar is just a guy who likes the attention and came up with money which then he invested into the cartel world, nothing new in the LA area where he’s surrounded by nothing less than scumbag wanna b’s. The main issue for him now is the four letters, they don’t mess around when it comes to their money
ReplyDeleteFirst of all here in ELA we know wassup with Angel...anyways when your a record label you do business with everyone money has no cartel or face problem is Gerata Ortiz got scared ratted out he hasn't him a single in years if he shows his face in cjng or cds he's the next chino anthrax all bad tho he sold out knowing wassup and pussied out lol
ReplyDelete$$ ,$$$ ,$$$. $$
ReplyDeleteSinaloans singing like canaries shiteeetttt
ReplyDeleteDa Connor,
DeleteWhere is Mencho today?
Is he still in Redwood City?
Ortiz and Regulo C. Are nephews of R.C.Q. this is known.
ReplyDeleteSnitches will snitch. The CDS way. 🐀
ReplyDeleteAngel Del Villar started working and laundering for los Avendaños back in the day .
ReplyDeleteADV did Gerardo dirty on his contracts. Suge Knight type shit, hence the cooperation.
ReplyDeleteArriba los dedos 👉👉👉 zambada y la Banda Sinaloense
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