Ángel del Villar, the music executive who built the careers of some of the most successful names in regional Mexican music, including Gerardo Ortiz and Eslabón Armado, has been sentenced to four years in federal prison for conspiring to conduct financial transactions with a drug trafficker designated by the United States government. The conviction falls under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act, known simply as the Kingpin Act, which prohibits U.S. citizens and companies from doing business with sanctioned drug lords or their associates.
