[149] Ben Benavidez, radio personality and owner of Tejano Review, told Corpus Christi Caller Times that March 31 would be remembered as "the worst day in Corpus Christi history". Valencia suggested the shooting was accidental. Sanchez allegedly took the man's life by shooting him to death. Almost a week after the alleged drug dealer Ovidio Guzman Lopez, aka El Ratn or Nuevo Ratn Mouse, son of Joaqun "el Chapo" Guzmn, was accused of allegedly having had a Mexican singer killed for not refusing to perform at his wedding, the mystery of who would be said famous is still . According to Quintanilla, Jr., Saldvar tried contacting him and left him fifteen messages; she said she left only three. Singer Jenni Rivera performs during the 11th annual Latin Grammy Awards in November 2010 in Las Vegas. [93][131] Hispanics throughout the United States reportedly mourned the singer as far away as New York City and Los Angeles. [125][126][127] A documentary titled Selena, A Star is Dimmedone of the first about herwas broadcast on Univison's Primer Impacto on April 22, 1995. [144][138] Selena became a cultural icon for Latinos and was seen as "a woman who was proud of her roots [who had] achieved her dreams". Some vocally opposed any memorials to the singer, feeling they would be paid for by taxpayers. It is said that he ended up with a punctured lung, but that was only a war wound, since after his action, he achieved fame and began to be one of the favorite artists of the Mexican public for his great titles. 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[67], After the standoff entered its fourth hour, Valencia succeeded in getting Saldvar to confess that she had intended to shoot herself. He sang narcocorridos a musical genre that some argue glamorizes drug crime which narrated a lifestyle that seemed relatable at the time for many on both sides of the border. In 2022, Los ngeles Azules earned between $4.7M and $7.3M and ranked under number 4. [108][109] Lopez became famous after the film's release. [227], A special mass held the same day at Los Angeles Sports Arena drew a crowd of 4,000. [205] The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified it 59x platinum for sales of 3.54 million album-equivalent units in the U.S.[206][207] As of October2017[update], it has sold over 2.942 million copies in the United States, becoming the best-selling Latin album of all-time in the country according to Nielsen SoundScan. February 12, 2023 at 5:16 p.m. EST. Vicente Fernndez, the powerful tenor whose songs of love, loss and patriotism inspired by life in rural Mexico endeared him to generations of fans as "El . On December 1, 2007, its lead singer and founder, Sergio Gmez, was kidnapped after a presentation they had in Michoacn, as reported The Day. The company added 11,000 copies to their print run and later printed 20,000 more copies to meet continued demand for the paper. [215], On the day Selena was killed, vigils and memorials were held throughout Texas and California. Gomez accused Saldvar of mutilating or destroying some of his original creations and said she never paid bills. The tortured body of the lead singer of a popular Mexican band was found along a highway and another singer was shot to death, police said, the latest Mexican musicians killed in a wave of . He continued that the event of a newspaper issue selling out happens once every two-three decades. Saldvar did not comply; she backed up and parked adjacent to two cars. [149] The following week, the album rose to number 32 with 28,238 units sold representing a 135 percent increase. [249], When bail was announced, fans asked why the death penalty had not been sought. The lead singer of a well-known Mexican band has been abducted, tortured and strangled to death, officials say. [199] It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart, becoming the first album by a Latino artist to do so. [23], In January 1995, Debra Ramirez, Selena's cousin, was hired to work in the boutiques and to help Selena expand the business into Mexico. [11] The day after the concert, Saldvar unsuccessfully searched news stands for a souvenir of the event. During the sixth hour, Saldvar agreed to give herself up, but when she saw a police officer pointing a rifle at her, she panicked, ran back to her truck, picked up the revolver, and pointed it at her head again. [67] She grabbed Morales and screamed, "They'll shoot me again!". A Mexican singer was shot to death by her husband in a Mexico City restaurant, local authorities reported Friday.. Yrma Lydia, 21, who was just beginning her career in music, was shot Thursday . [218] The state had difficulty arranging defense counsel for Saldvar; a spokesperson said any lawyer defending Saldvar could face death threats. The studio said he . Quivers decided not to talk about the situation to avoid arguing with Stern. [264], As of 2018[update], Saldvar is serving her sentence in Gatesville at the Mountain View Unit, which is operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. The singer, 27-year-old Valentin Elizalde, was killed about 20 minutes after performing at a local fair. [124] These Spanish-language documentaries often score record ratings for Spanish networks. [9], Saldvar became the founder and acting president of the Selena fan club in San Antonio in June 1991. Selena told her to "get rid of it" and said she would protect Saldvar from her father, according to Saldvar and Prez. [19] Staff at Selena Etc. [12] According to television news reporter and anchorwoman Mara Celeste Arrars, Saldvar had become the "most efficient assistant" the singer ever had. [225], On April 3, 1995, six hundred guestsmostly family membersattended Selena's burial at Seaside Memorial Park, which was broadcast live by a Corpus Christi and San Antonio radio station without the consent of her family. Tinker's wife feared they would suffer from community retribution and asked him not to take the case. [158][159], The League of United Latin American Citizens found Stern's apology unacceptable and urged a boycott of his show. After the death of his brother, he entered prison and everything indicates that there he wrote his first song, then he would go to record in Los Angeles, and after a while he returned to Mexico to begin his artistic career. So once Valentin was killed, they put a hit out on Sergio. Its publishers believed interest would soon wane. [169] The Monitor received negative backlash from some readers who felt it was "enough" of having Selena featured on the front page of their newspaper. [172], Melicent Rothschild said some Americans often do not understand "the cultural role models of groups who have felt discriminated against". [60] At 10:00a.m. (CST), Quintanilla, Jr. contacted Prez to determine Selena's whereabouts; she was due to record a song at Q-Productions that morning and had not arrived. The day after the concert, Saldvar unsuccessfully searched news stands for a souvenir of the event. Since then, I never forgot that voice I heard that was being blasted by my neighbor.. The remaining employees complained to Selena about Saldvar, but Selena did not believe her friend would hurt her or her business. [1] The band became the family's main source of income after they were evicted from their home during the Texas oil bust of 1982. [115] The series was released on Netflix on December 4, 2020. As many as 70 bullet cartridges were found scattered on the street around Elizalde's car. Sheesh, Ive been listening to this guys music since I was little and this is the first time I saw this video. Maria Elida then wrote checks to be cashed by Saldvar, even though the bank account had no funds. Aproximadamente a las 6:00 de la maana siguiente,3 el cuerpo de Chalino fue descubierto al lado de una carretera(After the death note in the video he was driving in a car when he got stopped by persons dressed in federal police uniforms. Sergio Gmez Snchez was the vocalist for K-Paz de la Sierra, a regional Mexican music group. Hernandez tried to bribe officers into letting him go, reports claim. [252] The Nueces County jail was deluged with death threats and there were public calls for vigilante justice. [133] Tejano singer Ramiro Herrera and dozens of other Tejano artists also canceled their concerts. The Mexican-born guitarist began playing the stringed instrument when he was just three years old. The tortured body of the lead singer of a popular Mexican band was found along a highway Monday and another singer was shot to death, police said, the latest Mexican musicians killed in a wave of v Local police closed off Navigation Boulevard. [167] Mexican-Americans living in Texas also wrote to the newspaper; some felt that others were too critical of Selena Day, stating they did not need to celebrate the day and should not have responded to its announcement so rudely. [152] State senator Carlos Truan and state representative Solomon P. Ortiz reportedly mourned Selena's death. [63], An ambulance arrived at the scene in one minute and 55 seconds. [61] She was seen clutching her chest screaming, "Help me! On Saturday, the toll included a federal prosecutor gunned down in the northern city of Monterrey, and a police chief and city councilman in Santa Catarina, a Monterrey suburb. His influence on popular culture is as strong as ever, with Snoop Dogg referencing his music, podcasts being produced that honor his legacy, and tribute concerts that pay homage to his corridos and ballads like Alma Enamorada, Prenda del Alma and Los Chismes, which became anthems to multigenerational Latino homes. That same day, a disc jockey played Selena's music near the church in a small park. It was also around that time that there was a wave of migrants crossing the border from Mexico to the U.S. escaping violence sparked by drug cartels. Trigo Figueroa, a singer, was killed after a concert in Reynosa in August 2006. [24] The employees then began to take their concerns to Quintanilla, Jr. who warned Selena that Saldvar might be dangerous. store. Camacho, already popular in his home state of Sinaloa and parts of the U.S. as a singer of the "grupera" genre, died early Wednesday in Sinaloa, Los Angeles-based DEL Records said in a statement. [200][201][202] Dreaming of You was the first posthumous album by a solo artist to debut at number one. Rivera, 43, died December 9, 2012, when the small plane she was traveling in crashed in the . [176], In the months following Selena's death, an average of 12,000 people visited her grave site and the Days Inn motel where the shooting occurred. Quintanilla III on bass, Suzette Quintanilla on drums, and Selena as the lead singer. [100] Carlos Lopez of KMIQ-105.1 told the Corpus Christi Caller-Times that "Tejano music is dead for at least today" and compared the reactions to Selena's death to reactions to the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and called March 31, 1995, "Black Friday". Selena was born on April 16, 1971, in Lake Jackson, Texas, to Abraham Quintanilla, Jr., a former musician, and Marcella Ofelia Quintanilla (ne Samora). [192] Selena remains the best-selling Tejano artist of all time,[179][193][194] and continues to outsell living Tejano artists. The rise of Chalino Snchez could be attributed to a confluence of events. [230] Selena Etc. Ariadna Thala Sodi Miranda Mottola goes by the stage name Thala and is one of the influential Mexican female artists. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. After the film's release, fans changed their views on Lopez after seeing her performance in the movie. [11] Proceeds from the fan club were donated to charities. [165] On Selena Day, approximately a thousand fans gathered at her grave and began singing traditional Mexican folk songs; police were brought in to control the crowd. All major television networks in the United States interrupted their regular programming to break the news. [229] The next day, Our Lady of the Pillar, a church in Zaragoza, Spain, held a mass for Selena which drew 450 people to the 225-seat church. Juan Luis Lagunas Rosales was born in the Mexican state of Sinaloa, a Mecca for cartels and the land of notorious drug lord Joaqun "El Chapo" Guzman.Lagunas grew up never knowing his father . [151], American singer Marc Anthony dedicated his album Todo a Su Tiempo (which was released two months after Selena's death) to Selena. He was 81 years old. According to media reports, two vehicles chased Elizalde's black Suburban as he left the concert and opened fire with automatic weapons as dozens of witnesses looked on. [209] It was the most-watched programregardless of languageamong adults ages 18 to 34 in Los Angeles, Chicago, and San Francisco; it tied for first in New York, beating that night's episode of Fox's American Idol. [nb 6] After her death, Tejano music was replaced with Latin pop as the most popular Latin music genre in the United States. For us, that meant everything., He also wasnt the best of singers but the sincerity in his vocals in lyrics is what made him even more real to his fans. [32] Upon investigation, Quintanilla, Jr. discovered Saldvar had embezzled more than $60,000 using forged checks from both the fan club and the boutiques. [61] Saldvar picked up the pistol, pointed it at her right temple, and threatened to commit suicide. [88], Larry Young and Isaac Valencia began negotiating with Saldvar. [34], On March 13, Saldvar went to her lawyer and wrote her resignation, which Quintanilla, Jr. believed was her alibi. The next day, Saldvar returned the gun to the shop[44] saying her father had given her a .22-caliber pistol. [226] Among the celebrities who attended the funeral were Roberto Pulido, Bobby Pulido, David Lee Garza, Navaira, Laura Canales, Elsa Garcia, La Mafia, Ram Herrera, Imagen Latina, and Pete Astudillo. In December 2006, Javier Morales Gomez of the band Los Implacables del Norte was shot dead in a Michoacan park. [15] She decided to fully invest her time in running the Selena fan club, although she was earning less than she had as a nurse. The victim, identified as Julio Verdugo, 23 years old, was attacked by a man around 3:30 in the morning this Sunday, La Opinion reported. [34] The singer and Prez were unsatisfied with Saldvar's explanation for why the items were unaccounted for. Baltazar Gomez Trejo of Santa Catarina was the sixth police chief killed in the state of Nuevo Leon this year. Jo Tuckman in Mexico City. He was shot while performing in Coachella in January 1992. The horrific killing came after Lydya contacted a law firm in April about starting divorce proceedings. ', "When Tejano Ruled The Airways: The Rise and Fall of KQQK in Houston, Texas", Western Association of Schools and Colleges, "A Postmortem Star In death, Selena is a crossover success", "Tejano Music Awards: Bigger, But Not Necessarily Better", "Selena Quintanilla: Remembering The Queen Of Tejano Music On Her Birthday", "Outlaw Onda If you don't hear Tejano music on the radio, does it exist? The church's Catholic Multimedia Center identified the priest as Rev. His voice really moved me, and I found him absolutely original, he recalls. [64][65][66] According to motel staff, Saldvar seemed "calm" and went back in her room after chasing Selena. Her . Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. [162], On April 12, 1995, two weeks after Selena's death, then-Texas governor George W. Bush declared her birthday Selena Day in Texas. [90] On the street where Selena had lived, gang graffiti and cacti distinguished the blue-collar community from other subdivisions across America. During Saldvar's trial for the murdercalled the "trial of the century" and the most important trial for the Latino populationSaldvar said she accidentally shot Selena while attempting suicide. 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Since the 1990s, popular Mexican singers have been increasingly crooning about Kalashnikovs and cocaine alongside their traditional ballads of hard work and lost love. Mexican singer, 21-year-old Yrma Lydya was reportedly shot and killed by her husband, 79-year-old Jess Hernndez Alocer, at a restaurant on June 23. [48], On March 30, Saldvar returned from her Monterrey trip and checked into a Days Inn motel. In her final days, Selena got . MEXICO CITY Vicente Fernandez, an iconic and beloved singer of Mexican regional music who was . [266] In 2002, under a judge's order, the gun used to kill Selena was destroyed and the pieces were thrown into Corpus Christi Bay. A police officer who was at the restaurant rushed to the private room and restrained Hernandez, a witness told news program Primer Impacto. Widely adored for her Tejano music and stunning fashion, Selena was on her way to becoming a superstar in America. [39] He concluded that Perales did not exist, since none of the fan club workers had ever met her. The Mexican singer died Dec. 12, 2021, relatives reported. One of the comments in the video states that the user's Grandfather went to that last show and even had the pleasure of taking a picture with Chalino. (CNN)-- A group of gunmen killed a well-known Mexican singer when he arrived at a toll booth in the western Mexican state of Sinaloa, state media said. [79] After 50 minutes, the doctors realized the damage was irreparable. Print. This time it turned out to be a very credible one. [67] Motel employee Rosario Garza saw Saldvar leave her room with a wrapped towel. He was depicted in a mural in Pico Rivera, a Southern California hotbed of norteo music, last December. [174], In the 1997 biopic film about Selena, a store manager asks Latinos running towards the singer for an autograph, "Who's Selena? Westergren ordered that the trial would not be televised or taped, and limited the number of reporters in the courtroom to avoid a "repeat of the Simpson circus". Yolanda Saldvar found guilty of Selena's murder. [129] When the news came out that Arrars was able to interview her, Univision was inundated with requests to use the interview from major networks as far away as Germany. Hernandez and his bodyguard appeared in court Sunday and are being held in pretrial detention at a Mexico City prison as cops continue to investigate. [34] Saldvar's name remained on the payroll after the meeting, though her termination was pending on the retrieval of the financial records that were stolen. She bought a Taurus Model 85 snub-nosed .38-caliber revolver and .38 caliber hollow-point bullets; the bullets were designed to cause more extensive injuries than normal bullets. [98] Univision and Telemundo were among the first national news stations to arrive at the crime scene. By James C. McKinley Jr. Dec. 18, 2007. [21] Saldvar frequently clashed with Martin Gomez, Selena's fashion designer, who complained that Saldvar was mismanaging Selena's affairs. Many people traveled thousands of miles to visit Selena's house, boutiques, and the crime scene. Snchez has inspired a new generation of artists, including Zetina, and many will be performing at a tribute concert set to take place July 22 at L.A.s YouTube Theater. [189] She remains the only Tejano musician whose recordings continue to chart on the U.S. Late reply but K-Paz De La Sierra's former lead singer was also . Want to know what everyone in the music business is talking about. Known as the king of Mexican rodeo, for performing in concerts on horseback, Mexican singer Joan Sebastian won the highest number of Grammy awards from his country. While there, they assure that he dedicated himself to humble jobs, but with the passage of time he dabbled in drugs. Gomez then contacted one of Selena's uncles by telephone; the uncle told Quintanilla, Jr. Armando said he was angry with Saldvar but did not want the reason to be made public; later he said he felt guilty for starting the rumor. [56] On April 1, Bayfront Plaza in Corpus Christi held a vigil which drew 3,000 fans. [135] In San Antonio, radio station Tejano 107 sponsored a candlelight vigil at the Sunken Gardens, while KRIO-FM sponsored another at South Park Mall on March 31 which was attended by 5,000 people. [262] She received the maximum sentence of life in prison with no eligibility of parole for 30 years. A reader called The Monitor and stated that intelligent people had no interest in Selena. "[150] Other celebrities interviewed on radio stations, including Stefanie Ridel, Jaime DeAnda (of Los Chamacos), Elsa Garcia,[94] and Shelly Lares, expressed their thoughts about Selena's death. All Rights Reserved. Then went up to the podium and GAVE THE FUCKING SPEECH, https://www.history.com/news/shot-in-the-chest-100-years-ago-teddy-roosevelt-kept-on-talking, Here is a great video from joe rogan interviewing someone who fought with Mexican army against the cartels. [99] Concerts throughout Texas were canceled;[133] La Mafia canceled their concert in Guatemala and flew back to Texas. [26] When Saldvar visited the factory in Mexico, she intimidated the seamstresses by telling them to either side with her or leave. He began sending flowers to Selena's hotel room. He adds, Chalino didnt name himself the King of Corridos thats a name his fans gave him because his life story lets us know that he was REAL.. [231] The singer became part of the Day of the Dead celebration. [222] The same day, an unannounced bilingual Sunday morning mass for Selena featuring a mariachi choir was held at the San Fernando Cathedral in downtown San Antonio. Most of this was Tejano, which had become one of the most popular Latin music genres. Selena removed Saldvar's name from the boutique's bank account on March 10, 1995. Radio stations in the United States that played Tejano music switched to regional Mexican music, and by 1997, KQQK was the only radio station playing non-stop Tejano music. [149] Selena's 1994 album Amor Prohibido re-entered the Billboard 200 chart at number 92, representing a 520 percent increase in sales. [64] Selena's condition began to deteriorate rapidly as motel staff attended to her. Others complained to newspapers about the media interest in Selena's death. [18] Between late 1994 and early 1995, Saldvar often traveled to Monterrey, Mexico, to expedite the process of opening another Selena Etc. The Mexican authorities arrived at the site and found the body of Julio Verdugo in the drivers seat. 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The Nieves de Enero singer from Sinaloa, Mexico was coming of age at the same time that drug trade was also growing in the 1980s. Valdez also called it a "senseless and cowardly" act because Selena was shot in the back. [3] Selena then dumped Saldvar's satchel containing bank statements onto the bed and saw the gun. She ran towards the lobby, leaving a trail of blood 392 feet (119m) long. The two were constantly complaining about each other to Selena. [48][47] The next day, Saldvar again called Dr. Martinez, who said the calls sounded as though someone was trying to snatch the telephone away from Saldvar. "[102], When the news of Selena's death broke, some Americans asked who she was and said she was "not that important", suggesting Latinos "get over it". 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