Los Fantasmas del Caribe were a Venezuelan tropical music and technomerengue group formed in 1989 by the Peruvian musician, composer and record producer Luis Alva Lescano with the collaboration of his wife and Raúl Martínez Garaban. Among his best-known songs are: Muchacha triste (as the first single on its release), Por una lágrima, Ella es, Más y más, Caramelo, Bandolero/Aventurero, Carmín, Celina and Agüita 'E Coco, among others; which were mostly composed and produced by Luis Alva himself.