A Latin music company consultant from West Hollywood pleaded guilty Friday to conspiring to do business with a Guadalajara-based concert promoter with ties to Mexican drug syndicates.
Luca Scalisi, 58, the last remaining defendant in the Del Entertainment criminal case, entered a plea in downtown Los Angeles to one federal count of conspiracy to transact in property of specially designated narcotics traffickers in violation of the Kingpin Act, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
The Kingpin Act prevents people in the United States from conducting business with sanctioned persons and entities.
Previously in the case, Angel Del Villar, 44, of Huntington Beach — the chief executive of Del Records and its subsidiary talent agency Del Entertainment — was found guilty by a jury of conspiracy and 10 counts of violating the Kingpin Act.
Co-defendant Del Entertainment also was found guilty in March 2025 of all 11 counts of which Del Villar was convicted.
According to evidence presented in L.A. federal court, the defendants did business with Jesús Pérez “Chuco” Alvear, of Guadalajara, Mexico, a music promoter who controlled Gallistica Diamante, known as Ticket Premier. Pérez promoted concerts for Del Entertainment in Mexico.
The U.S. Treasury Department listed Pérez and his company as “specially designated narcotics traffickers” after concluding he facilitated money laundering for the Jalisco New Generation Cartel and the Los Cuinis drug trafficking organization.
Del Villar and Del Entertainment are expected to be sentenced on Aug. 15. Scalisi is scheduled for sentencing on Sept. 3, prosecutors said.
Pérez, who previously pleaded guilty to the conspiracy charge, was murdered in Mexico in December 2024, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.