Selena Quintanilla-Pérez’s The killer, Yolanda Saldívar, is eligible for conditional freedom at the end of this month, and the family member shares new details from Saldívar.
In an interview with New York PostAn unnamed member of the Saldívar family said: “[Yolanda] She knows that what she did was wrong and she takes responsibility for that. But she reacted the way she faced. “
According to a family member, Saldívar says: “[Selena] came to her really aggressively. She was so thrown out that she was strong Selena; It all happened so fast. If Selena faced her differently, it would never have happened. “
Representatives of the Quintanill family and husband Selene, Chris Pérez, did not immediately respond at the Fox News Digital request for comment.
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Selene Quintanilla-Pérez killer, Yolanda Saldívar, reportedly told her family that the late singer had come to her “aggressively” before firing her and killing her in 1995. (AP)
Saldívar Knno shot Quintanilla-Pérez, better known as Simply Selena, March 31, 1995, after Latin Pop Star revealed that she had brought 30,000 dollars from her clothing boutiques. She still denies that she ever was stealing from a pop star.
Saldívar was convicted in Quintanill-Pérez’s death. (Associated Press)
In February 2024. Saldívar sat down for A new prison interview Separated in oxygen documents, “Selena & Yolanda: The secrets between them.”
During the documents, Saldívar claims she had no intention of killing Quintanilla-Pérez, but instead insisted that she wanted to end her own life. However, in a series of unfortunate events, the gun allegedly left and instead hit the 23-year-old.
“That stunned me,” Saldívar said. “I didn’t know that the gun had extinguished me. I didn’t know it hit her. It scared her, scared me. There was never an intention of causing her any harm.”
Saldívar sat down for an interview from prison in the oxygen documents “Selena & Yolanda: The Secrets between them” last year. (Oxygen)
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“My decisions were my decisions, and the consequences were mine,” she said. “I regret it all. If I could bring back the time if I could turn an hour, I don’t think a lot of things would be like as they are [are]. And I want people to know that I miss Selena just like them. So many. But I know I’ll see her again in the sky. I know I will. She didn’t deserve to die. “
“I’m so sorry she left,” Saldívar said. “I’m so sorry that her family hurts. And I’m sorry my family was hurt. At no point I didn’t want to hurt anyone.”
Documentary film caused a return reaction at the time of publishing from fans and The singer’s family.
Her father, Abraham Quintanill, told TMZ that the documentary contains “nothing but lies.”
The family of the late singer Tejano Selena, who was shot by her former president of Yolanda Saldivar fan club. On the left: husband Chris Perez, parents of Marcel and Abraham Quintanill and siblings Ab and Susette. (Getty Images)
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“No one will believe what she has to say anyway,” said Patriarch Quintanill at the time of release. “Everyone knows that zero truth comes out of her mouth.”
In the documentary, Saldívar said that “public opinion” was convicted before the trial.
Saldívar Filed for conditional freedomAccording to the representative of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, he is currently in the procedure of examination of conditional freedom. Her date of eligibility is March 30, 2025.
A member of her family said the post: “She has a place to live. We never left her. But I don’t know where she will get a job. Who will hire her?”
Selena in Kočija during the performance at the Houston Livestock & Rodeo exhibition at Houston AstroDome, Houston, Texas, February 26, 1995. The performance was the last before the murder next month. (Arlene Richie/Getty Images)
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Outlet also talked to prisoners in the Patrick L. O’Daniel unit in Gatesville, Texas – where he holds Saldívar – who said she was housed in protective custody for heavy targets among prisoners.
“Everyone knows who Yolanda Saldívar is,” said Marisol Lopez, who served time with her from 2017 to 2022, he told the socket. “There’s a wealth on her head, as if everyone wanted a piece of her. The guards hold her away from everyone else, because she hated so much. If she was outside [in general population]Someone would try to knock her down. “
Christina Dugan-Ramirez and Stephanie Nolasco was contributed by Christina Dugan-Ramirez and Stephanie Nolasco.
