Selena Quintanilla PerezThe singer's killer, Yolanda Saldivar, has applied for parole nearly 30 years after the Latin pop star was shot on March 31, 1995, in Corpus Christi, Texas.
According to a representative of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Saldívar, 64, is currently undergoing the parole review process. Her eligibility date is March 30, 2025.
Saldívar, who served as a close friend of the late star and president of her fan club, He allegedly killed Quintanilla Perez After her boyfriend discovered that she had embezzled $30,000 from her clothing stores. Saldívar still denies stealing from Quintanilla Perez.
Yolanda Saldívar has applied for parole, nearly 30 years after the Latin pop star was fatally shot. (AP/Oxygen)
according to New York Postinmates at the Patrick L. O'Daniel Unit in Gatesville, Texas — where Saldívar is being held — told the outlet that she was placed in protective custody due to her being a heavy target among inmates.
“Everyone knows who Yolanda Saldívar is,” Marisol Lopez, who spent time with her from 2017 to 2022, told the outlet. “There's a bounty on her head, and it's like everyone wants a piece of her. The guards keep her away from everyone else, because she's so hated. If she was outside (the general population), someone would try to eliminate her.”
In February 2024, Saldívar sat for a new prison interview featured in a docuseries titled “Selena and Yolanda: The Secrets Between Them.”
“I think it's time to set the story straight,” Saldívar said He said in the docuseries. “And I think people deserve to know the truth.”
Yolanda Saldivar Quintanilla Perez was killed on March 31, 1995. (oxygen)
Saldivar claims she had no intention of killing Quintanilla-Perez, but instead insisted she wanted to end her life. However, in a series of unfortunate events, the gun allegedly went off and hit the 23-year-old instead.
“It blew my mind,” Saldívar said. “I didn't know my gun went off. I didn't know it hit her. It scared her, and it scared me. There was absolutely no intent to hurt her.”
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“My decisions were my decisions, and the consequences were my decisions too,” she said. “I regret it all. If I could turn back time, if I could turn back the clock, I think a lot of things wouldn't be the same. And I want people to know that I miss Selena. Like they do so much, but I know I'll see her again.” In heaven.
“I'm so sorry she's gone,” Saldívar said. “I'm so sorry that her family is hurting. And I'm so sorry that my family is hurting. At no time did I mean to hurt anyone.”
Quintanilla has been called the “Mexican-American Madonna” throughout her career. (Getty Images)
The documentary received backlash from fans, as well as the pop star's family and friends.
Selena's father, Abraham Quintanilla, told TMZ that the documentary contains “nothing but lies.”
“No one is going to believe what you have to say anyway,” the Quintanilla patriarch told the outlet at the time of its release. “Everyone knows there is no truth in anything that comes out of her mouth.”
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Saldívar said she was “convicted by public opinion” before her trial began.
“They were given an incorrect narrative, that I was an embezzler, an obsessive fan,” Saldívar said in the documentary. “My right as an American citizen to be innocent until proven guilty has been undone.”
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“I was guilty. I needed to prove my innocence. I know people were hurting. I know they loved her. Without a doubt. And I know they are still hurting. I do too. I think Abraham took advantage of that.” This feeling, this empathy…to poison their minds.”
Fox News Digital's Stephanie Nolasco contributed to this post.
