Yolanda Saldívar, the woman convicted of killing Selena, is denied parole

The woman sentenced to life in prison for killing Tejano music icon Selena in 1995 has been denied parole, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles said Thursday, Yolanda Saldívar was convicted of fatally shooting Selena, the Mexican-American singer known as the “Queen of Tejano” music whose full name was Selena Quintanilla Pérez, at a Days Inn motel in Corpus Christi on March 31, 1995.

The woman sentenced to life in prison for killing Tejano music icon Selena in 1995 has been denied parole, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles said Thursday,

Yolanda Saldívar was convicted of fatally shooting Selena, the Mexican-American singer known as the “Queen of Tejano” music whose full name was Selena Quintanilla Pérez, at a Days Inn motel in Corpus Christi on March 31, 1995.

Saldívar was eligible for parole after 30 years, with possible release no sooner than March 30.

"After a thorough consideration of all available information, which included any confidential interviews conducted, it was the parole panel's determination to deny parole to Yolanda Saldivar and set her next parole review for March 2030," the Board of Pardons and Paroles said in a statement.

Selena, left, watches as Yolanda Saldívar speaks to a crowd at a post-1994 Tejano Music Awards party in San Antonio, Texas.AP fileIn a Thursday evening statement on Instagram, Selena’s family expressed their gratitude to the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles for denying Saldívar's parole.

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