
Selena Quintanila
Vinnie Zuffante/Getty ImagesYolanda Saldivarthe woman who shoots and kills Selena Quintanila-Pere In 1995, “he felt he was a political prisoner,” a relative says.
While you are talking to New York Post In an interview published on Wednesday, March 4, the unnamed man added: “enough is enough” regarding Saldivar’s life sentence.
“She is ready to get out of prison because she believes she has served more than her time,” the family member told The Outlet.
In December 2024, US Weekly confirmed that Saldivar has begun the process of reviewing conditional release before the date of eligibility on March 30, 2025.
Quintanilla-perez was shot dead from Saldivar in March 1995 at a hotel in Texas. The iconic singer died at the age of 23 of hypovolemic shock while the paramedics worked to revive her.
Saldivar, the then president of the singer’s fan club, was appointed in connection with the murder and eventually pleaded guilty. She also claims that she intends to die of suicide and does not want to shoot Quintanil-Press. Saldivar was found guilty of first -degree murder in October 1995 and was sentenced to life imprisonment with the possibility of probation.
“They made me be a monster and I just want to say that I did not kill Selena,” Saldivar said in an interview for 20/20 in 1995, maintaining his innocence, despite the guilty sentence. “It was an incident and my conscience is clear.”
Quintanilla-perez fans have retained their inheritance over the years since its untimely death. Her first English -language album, Dreaming of youIt was released in the coming months and the singer became the first Latin artist to debut on the Billboard 200 while the album sold more than one million copies.
Jennifer Lopez Two years later, he starred in a movie about the life of Quintanila-Peres. The movie entitled SelenaCatapulted the actress into a superstar, turning the Lopez name of a household today.
Selena has sold approximately 18 million records worldwide, making her one of the best-selling female artists in the history of Latin music. In 2021, the singer Bidi Bidi Bom Bom was awarded the Grammys Achievement Award. Three years later, Selena was selected as one of the national recipients of the arts medal by then President Joe Biden.
A new documentary about the singer’s life will debut at SXSW this year after winning the US Documentary Documentary Award for Archive storytelling at Sundance. Selena and Dinos She tells the story of the singer’s death and dives into the impact she continues to have on fans around the world. The film will be shown at the festival on March 12 and again on March 15, nearly 30 years until the day when Quintanila-Perez was killed.