Fabian Ortega Pinon, 28, better known as the "Falcon of the Sierra" died at the hands of the people he sang about -- Mexico's increasingly vicious drug traffickers. Ortega, killed Oct. 19 in the . Tinker's wife feared they would suffer from community retribution and asked him not to take the case. The remaining employees complained to Selena about Saldvar, but Selena did not believe her friend would hurt her or her business. [208] As of 2015, the recording has sold five million copies worldwide. [63], An ambulance arrived at the scene in one minute and 55 seconds. On the night of May 16th, 1992, a young Mexican singer named Marcelino "Chalino" Sanchez was tragically killed during a performance at a nightclub in Culiacn, Sinaloa. [133] Talk show host Oprah Winfrey called Selena's life "short but significant" during a March 1997 episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show. [228] In Lake Jackson, a thousand fans and friends of Selena gathered at the municipal park in neighboring Clute, where she had played at the Mosquito Festival in July 1994. Yrma Lydya, a 21-year-old Mexican singer who was just beginning her music career, was shot and killed by her 79-year-old lawyer husband at a restaurant in Mexico City, authorities reported Friday. [1] They filed for bankruptcy after Quintanilla, Jr.'s Mexican restaurant suffered as a result of the oil bust. Vicente Fernandez on ventilator in ICU after fall. [55] Motel guests complained about loud noises coming from Saldvar's room. The latest casualty . [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. Guzman escaped from a neighboring prison in 2001 and remains at large. In December 2006, Javier Morales Gomez of the band Los Implacables del Norte was shot dead in a Michoacan park. 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. [101][102], Newsstands were swarmed by people looking for items concerning Selena. [3] By then, hundreds of Selena's fans had gathered at the scene. [252] The Nueces County jail was deluged with death threats and there were public calls for vigilante justice. During an interview with Saldvar in 1995, reporters from The Dallas Morning News said her devotion to Selena bordered on obsession. Widely adored for her Tejano music and stunning fashion, Selena was on her way to becoming a superstar in America. [138] This was echoed in the Corpus Christi Caller Times, where they found racial divisions in the reactions to Selena's death. [61] Selena Quintanilla-Prez was pronounced dead at 1:05p.m. (CST) at age 23, 16 days before her 24th birthday, from blood loss and cardiac arrest. Corrido singers have a dangerous career. [55], At the motel room, Selena and Saldvar began arguing. [221] The motel's manager rearranged its room numbers so guests would not know in which room Selena had been shot. According to Wong, Selena told him she would be meeting Saldvar the next morning to pick up the samples that had been stolen from her. The Que Buena- and Estrella Media-produced event will feature acts such as Tito Torbellino Jr., Jess Ojeda Y Sus Parientes, El Coyote and Arley Perez, among others. DeLeon tried to talk to Selena but noticed she was beginning to lose consciousness; he said she was moaning and moving less often. [125][242] It was the highest-rated and most-viewed Spanish-language television special in the history of American television. [138] Reactions were compared to those that followed the deaths of John Lennon, Elvis Presley, and John F. In 2009, she was taken into custody at Mexico City airport after authorities found she was carrying $52,167 (32,000) in cash, but had only declared $20,000. [158][159], The League of United Latin American Citizens found Stern's apology unacceptable and urged a boycott of his show. [49], As Prez was driving back to their house, Selena noticed Saldvar had failed to give her the correct bank statements she needed. I want to make sure that people understand that Chalino was not perfect but that doesnt mean that his story doesnt deserve to be told or he doesnt deserve these 30 years of fandom, offers Galindo. The company's bank accounts lacked sufficient funds to pay bills. [11] Proceeds from the fan club were donated to charities. . She showed pictures of her bruised face from a number of domestic violence incidents as evidence, reports Mexican newspaper Excelsior. [85] Doctors said that if the bullet had been only one millimeter higher or lower, the wound would have been less severe. * I am not a native Eng. [3] Selena then dumped Saldvar's satchel containing bank statements onto the bed and saw the gun. Selena told Saldvar she could no longer be trusted,[61] and demanded Saldvar to return her financial papers. [43] The next day, Saldvar purchased a gun at A Place to Shoot,[42] a gun shop and shooting range in San Antonio. When Selena arrived in Corpus Christi on March 14, Saldvar contacted her to schedule a meeting. The singer, 27-year-old Valentin Elizalde, was killed about 20 minutes after performing at a local fair. [267][268] Fans and historians disapproved of the decision to destroy the gun, saying the event was historical and the gun should have been in a museum.[269]. The singer, 27-year-old Valentin Elizalde, was killed about 20 minutes after performing at a local fair. Filed Under: Chalino Snchez sentences death. A police officer who was at the restaurant rushed to the private room and restrained Hernandez, a witness told news program Primer Impacto. ', [Saldvar] would jump three times". [61], After the shooting, Saldvar entered her pickup truck and tried to leave the motel parking lot. [nb 5] Major record companies including EMI Records, SBK Records, Warner Music Group, CBS Records, and Sony Music began signing Tejano artists to compete in the Latin music market. The lawyer pleaded not guilty and insisted he did not kill Lydya, who was due to perform at a concert in California on Saturday. [11][13], By 1994, Saldvar had signed up more than 8,000 fans. Gomez was relegated to a supporting role when Selena decided to design her clothes herself. [94] All major U.S. networks interrupted their regular programming to break the news. [250] Within hours, she was saying the shooting was accidental. [189] She remains the only Tejano musician whose recordings continue to chart on the U.S. The employee found she had left a few minutes earlier. [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. Elizalde was a mainstay of the accordion-based norteo music variously known as Banda or . He also wrote lyrics honoring one of Mexico's most notorious drug lords, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, leader of the Sinaloa Cartel. The event sparked interest from people in thirty-five U.S. states and five countries including Mexico, Brazil, and Ecuador. [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 got the idea of starting a Selena fan club in the San Antonio area to promote the singer. He believed this claim was her new alibi. [64][65][66] According to motel staff, Saldvar seemed "calm" and went back in her room after chasing Selena. According to news reports, gunmen in two vehicles chased Elizalde's black sport utility . [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". So once Valentin was killed, they put a hit out on Sergio. The lead singer of a well-known Mexican band has been abducted, tortured and strangled to death, officials say. According to ex-bandmates Chalino had tons of enemies who envied him. The Mexican authorities arrived at the site and found the body of Julio Verdugo in the drivers seat. He told Saldvar to "tell that lie to someone else". Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. [34] Saldvar told the clerk she needed protection in her job as an in-home nurse because a patient's relatives had threatened her. Valencia suggested the shooting was accidental. The staff noticed Selena angrily respond that Saldvar had told her the opposite, that she was bleeding copiously the day before. 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. [48] Saldvar asked Selena to visit her at her motel room alone, however, her husband, Chris Prez, accompanied her. Throughout the years, Chalino has [crossed] borders, genres and generations thanks to his music, and his sincere and special way of interpreting all of his corridos., Like gangster rap idols such as 2Pac and Biggie, Snchez catered to a specific community when no one else was doing it. [149], Selena's singles "No Me Queda Ms", "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom", "Como la Flor", and "Amor Prohibido", re-entered the Hot Latin Tracks and the Regional Mexican Airplay chart in the issue of Billboard magazine dated April 15, 1995. Lydya had also filed a police report in December claiming her husband had beaten her and threatened her with a gun on another occasion. The Deputy Attorney General's Office said . This month, Elizalde received the "Soloist of the Year" prize at Los Premios de la Radio awards for regional Mexican music held at the Gibson Amphitheater in Hollywood. [166] On the same day, a crowd of three thousand attended an organized mass of the resurrection for Selena at Johnnyland Concert Park. Some gang members in Texas were reported to have taken up collections to raise the bond for Saldvar so they could kill her when she was released. He was taken away in an SUV after the band refused to play another song after the guests requested one. Educators who had observed the reactions said, "the emergence of an icon in a minority culture can be both bewildering and threatening to Anglos". Sergio Gomez, of the K-Paz de la Sierra band, was seized after a concert in the western state of Michoacan on Sunday. They have no depth." Suzette was the contact person between Saldvar and the Quintanilla family; Saldvar did not meet Selena until December 1991. According to media reports, Elizalde was hit as many as eight times. [104] Latino filmmaker Lourdes Portillo said she did not know who Selena was when she heard about the shooting. When he placed his fingers on her neck, he felt only muscle twitches. Ariel Camacho, a young, up-and-coming Mexican singer, was killed in a car crash after leaving a concert in Mexico, his record company confirmed . The couple became embroiled in a row in the private room and Hernandez shot his young wife three times in the chest, its alleged. When Linda Ronstadt, a pop singer of Mexican-American heritage, appeared on the show, she defended Selena, and argued with Quivers over the matter. The day after the concert, Saldvar unsuccessfully searched news stands for a souvenir of the event. 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