Yolanda Saldívar, Selena’s killer, says shooting was accidental and claims to be a political prisoner before parole
OAN’s Elizabeth Volberding
1:33 PM – Monday, March 4, 2024
Yolanda Saldívar, the woman who was given a life sentence in 1995 for killing Tejano musical icon Selena Quintanilla-Perez, reiterated her claim that the shooting was an “accident” and that she should be freed from prison.
Now, at 62-years-old, Saldívar hopes to be released when she becomes eligible for parole in March 2025.
“Enough is enough,” a relative of Saldívar explained to the New York Post. “She feels like she’s a political prisoner at this point. She’s ready to get out of jail, because she believes she has more than served her time.”
In the documentary Selena and Yolanda: The Secrets Between Them, which debuted last week on the television channel Oxygen, Saldívar made a similar argument.
In a prison interview, Saldívar stated, “I was convicted by public opinion even before my trial started,” but she insisted that she had “no intention” of killing the 23-year-old celebrity.
Saldívar, who was also the founder of Selena’s fan club, has been incarcerated since March 31st, 1995, when she fatally shot the singer in a hotel room in Corpus Christi, Texas. Selena believed that Saldívar had embezzled over $60,000, and the singer intended to fire her.
During the encounter, Saldívar shot Selena, who is known as the “Queen of Tejano,” in the back. Later that day, the singer passed away in a hospital from blood loss.
Saldívar’s lawyers argued during the trial that Selena had intended to kill herself and that the shooting was an accident. However, a jury disagreed, sentencing her to life in prison with the potential of release in 30 years.
Saldívar ia now alleging that she did not steal the money. The prisoner admitted in the documentary that she previously wrote and signed checks to herself, however, she maintained the claim that Selena “asked her to do so” in order to pay for plane tickets to travel to Mexico “to see a plastic surgeon,” with whom Selena was allegedly having an affair with.
A family representative for Selena did not respond to the media’s request for comment. Nevertheless, Selena’s own father has previously called Saldívar “a liar” and refuted the majority of her claims.
The media has acquired detailed documentation of Saldívar’s confinement at Gatesville, Texas’s Mountain View Unit, a maximum-security women’s jail.
Saldívar has recorded several complaints with the jail administration and, in 2017, she filed a federal lawsuit alleging that her housing arrangements were “unsafe and dangerous” after sustaining an injury from a fall off her top bunk.
When Saldívar’s parole hearing commences in 2025, she intends to use her concerns about safety as one of her reasons for release, according to information obtained by the New York Post.
According to a representative for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Saldívar’s record is clear of any issues that would prevent the board from holding a parole hearing. A formal hearing request may be made by her up to 90 days before the date of her eligibility.
“She knows it’s an uphill battle,” Saldívar’s relative confessed, “but she’s hoping that the parole board will have a heart and will parole her. She thinks she deserves it.”
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What are Yolanda Saldívar’s claims about the shooting of Selena Quintanilla-Perez?
Yolanda Saldívar, the woman convicted of killing Tejano musical icon Selena Quintanilla-Perez in 1995, is once again claiming that the shooting was an accident and that she should be released from prison. Saldívar, now 62 years old, hopes to be granted parole in March 2025.
According to a relative of Saldívar, she believes she has served her time and sees herself as a political prisoner. The relative stated, “Enough is enough. She feels like she’s a political prisoner at this point. She’s ready to get out of jail, because she believes she has more than served her time.”
Saldívar’s claims were featured in the documentary “Selena and Yolanda: The Secrets Between Them,” which premiered recently on the Oxygen channel. In a prison interview, she stated, “I was convicted by public opinion even before my trial started,” emphasizing that she had no intention of killing the 23-year-old singer.
Saldívar, who was also the founder of Selena’s fan club, has been in prison since March 31, 1995, when she fatally shot Selena in a hotel room in Corpus Christi, Texas. Selena believed that Saldívar had embezzled over $60,000 and intended to fire her. During the encounter, Saldívar shot Selena in the back, resulting in her death later that day.
During her trial, Saldívar’s defense argued that Selena had intended to kill herself and that the shooting was an accident. However, the jury disagreed and sentenced Saldívar to life in prison with the possibility of parole in 30 years.
In the documentary, Saldívar alleges that she did not steal the money, claiming that Selena asked her to write and sign checks for herself. She stated that Selena wanted the money to pay for plane tickets to travel to Mexico to see a plastic surgeon, with whom the singer was allegedly having an affair.
Selena’s father has previously called Saldívar “a liar” and refuted most of her claims. A family representative for Selena did not respond to the media’s request for comment.
Detailed documentation of Saldívar’s confinement at the Mountain View Unit of Gatesville, Texas, a maximum-security women’s jail, has been acquired by the media. Saldívar has filed several complaints with the jail administration and, in 2017, filed a federal lawsuit alleging unsafe and dangerous housing arrangements after sustaining an injury from a fall off her top bunk.
When Saldívar’s parole hearing takes place in 2025, she plans to use concerns about safety as one of her reasons for release. According to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Saldívar’s record does not have any issues that would prevent the board from holding a parole hearing.
Saldívar’s relative acknowledged that it’s an uphill battle, but they hope the parole board will show leniency. Saldívar believes she deserves to be paroled and is hopeful that the board will grant her release.
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