Yolanda Saldívar, the woman arrested and imprisoned for murdering Selena Quintanilla, wants out of prison. She is eligible for parole and is making it known that she feels like she deserves her freedom. People on the internet are not pleased with this reframing of her guilt and have made it known. Her reason for being freed: she thinks that she is a political prisoner.

Yolanda Saldívar is trying to build her case for a parole hearing later this month

Yolanda Saldívar applied for parole, and her potential release date could be March 30, 2025. Saldívar has spent three decades behind bars for Selena’s murder, and people think she should serve out the rest of her life sentence. According to Saldívar and her family, she feels like she has become a political prisoner and deserves to be freed after spending three decades in prison.

Saldívar maintains that the shooting was accidental and considers her time in prison to be enough for the murder. Her family stands by her side and is hopeful that the 64-year-old, the most hated woman in the Latino community, will be freed from prison on March 30, 2025.

“Enough is enough,” an unnamed relative of Saldívar told the New York Post last year. “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 was sentenced to life in prison for the death of Selena with the possibility of parole after 30 years. She wasted no time filing for her parole in January this year.

People are furious that she might be out of prison because the love for Selena in our community is strong

Selena’s death in 1995 shocked the world. The Queen of Tejano music, who was 23 years old at the time of her murder, was witnessing her career grow. She was working on an English-language album and preparing to make the crossover from Spanish-language music. Her fame was growing, and fans wanted more. In the midst of her major career moment, Selena and her family learned that Saldívar was stealing from her clothing boutiques, and the Selena fan club Saldívar started.

On March 30, 1995, Selena met Saldívar at a motel in Corpus Christi, Texas, to get financial records and answer questions about where money was going. During the meeting, Saldívar shot Selena, who later died of the injury.

During the trial, it was confirmed that Saldívar purchased the gun two days after Selena confronted her about the embezzlement. Salvídar and her legal team argued that the killing was an accident. She claims that she was trying to kill herself and accidentally killed Selena during a meeting about embezzlement. The prosecution seized on the timeline of the confrontation and the gun purchase to paint Saldívar as a murderer.

Selena fans are obviously still angry

If Saldívar is hoping for sympathy from the general public, she is definitely not getting it. Social media is filled with people sharing their anger at the possibility of her release. Any time that Saldívar expresses her concern for her safety in prison, jokes are made that her safety in the general public is less guaranteed.

Selena fans, old and new, have held a contempt for Saldívar for three decades that only burns brighter. The murder of Selena devastated fans. The publicity around her potential parole has reignited the anger and frustration over the death that is intertwined with greed.

This is a developing story, and we will keep you posted as we learn more.

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