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Selena Quintanilla-Pérez’s The murderer, Yolanda Saldívar, is eligible for probation at the end of this month, and a family member shares new details of Saldívar.
In an interview with The New York PostAn unidentified member of Saldívar’s family said: “(Yolanda) knows that what he did was bad and is responsible for it. But he was reacting to the way he faced himself.”
According to the family member, Saldívar says: “(Selena) arrived in her in a really aggressive way. She was so thrown with how blunt she was being Selena; everything happened so fast. If Selena had faced her differently, this would never have happened.”
The representatives of the Quintanilla family and Selena’s husband, Chris Pérez, did not immediately respond to the request for comments from Fox News Digital.
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According to the reports, Selena Quintanilla-Pérez’s murderer, Yolanda Saldívar, told her family that the late singer came to her “aggressively” before shooting her and kill her in 1995. (AP)
Saldívar fatally shot Quintanilla-Pérez, better known as Simply Selena, on March 31, 1995, after the Latin pop star discovered that he had embezzled the $ 30,000 of his clothing boutiques. She still denies having stolen the pop star.
Saldívar was convicted in the death of Quintanilla-Pérez. (Associated Press)
In February 2024, Saldívar sat for a New prison interview Presented in an oxygen docuseries, “Selena and Yolanda: the secrets between them.”
During the docuseries, Saldívar affirms that he had no intention of killing Quintanilla-Pérez, but instead, he insisted that he wanted to finish his own life. However, in a series of unfortunate events, the weapon supposedly shot and hit the 23 -year -old.
“I was surprised,” said Saldívar. “I didn’t know my gun shot.
Saldívar sat for a prison interview in oxygen docuseries “Selena and Yolanda: The Secrets among them” last year. (Oxygen)
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“My decisions were my decisions, and the consequences were also mine,” he said. “I regret all that. If I could go back time, if I could pass the clock, I think many things would not be like them (they are). And I want people to know that I miss Selena as they do. But I know that I will see her again in heaven. I know I will do it. She doesn’t deserve to die.”
“I am very sorry that he left,” said Saldívar. “I’m very sorry for your family to say.
The documentary caused a violent reaction at the time of launch of fans and The singer’s family.
His father, Abraham Quintanilla, told TMZ that the documentary contained “nothing more than lies.”
The family of the late singer of Tejano Selena, who was filmed by his former president of the admirers club, Yolanda Saldivar. From the left: the husband Chris Pérez, the parents Marcela and Abraham Quintanilla and the Brothers Ab and Suzette. (Getty images)
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“No one is going to believe what she has to say anyway,” said the patriarch of Quintanilla al Outlet at the time of his release. “Everyone knows that there is zero truth in anything that comes out of their mouths.”
In the documentary, Saldívar said he had been “convicted of public opinion” before his trial.
Saldívar Presented by probationAnd according to a representative of the Texas Criminal Justice Department, he is currently in the probation review process. Its eligibility date is March 30, 2025.
Her family member told The Post: “She has a place to live. We have never abandoned her. But I don’t know where she will get a job. Who will hire her?”
Selena in a carriage during a performance at the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo at the Houston Astrodome, Houston, Texas, on February 26, 1995. The performance was the last before his murder of the following month. (Arlene Richie/Getty Images)
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The outlet also spoke previously with the inmates in the Patrick L. O’Daniel unit in Gatesville, Texas, where Saldívar is being arrested, who said that it has been housed in protective custody due to being a heavy objective among the inmates.
“Everyone knows who Yolanda Saldívar is,” Marisol López told The Outlet, who served time with her from 2017 to 2022. “There is a reward in her head, as everyone wants a piece of it. The guards keep her away from all others, because she is hated so much. If she were (in general), someone would try to break her down.”
Christina Dugan-Ramirez and Stephanie Nolasco de Fox News Digital contributed to this report.
