Video shows the moment when he received what would be a death threat. [21] Along with the responsibility of running the boutiques, Saldvar accompanied Selena on trips and had keys to the singer's house. Musical acts for the first annual event included Kumbia All-Starz, Chris Prez, Los Lobos, Jay Perez, Little Joe y la Familia, Los Palominos, Stefani Montiel of Las 3 Divas, Girl in a Coma's Nina Diaz, Las Fenix, and The Voice competitor Clarissa Serna. [25], Saldvar was receiving "tokens of affection from [Selena]", which she was not accustomed to. [34], When Quintanilla, Jr. asked her why fans were not receiving the promised gift packages, Saldvar said those fans were trying to get the items for free. Last year, he sang one of his narcocorridos, ballads honoring the exploits of drug dealers, to a crowd of more than 3,000 convicts at the Puente Grande prison in the central state of Jalisco. [42] She was replaced as fan club president by Irene Herrera. Saldvar said her reason for distancing the employees from Selena was to "shield" the singer from the "petty issues" of managing her boutiques. Sergio Gomez, of the K-Paz de la Sierra band, was seized after a concert in the western state of Michoacan on Sunday. Sheesh, Ive been listening to this guys music since I was little and this is the first time I saw this video. [38], After the meeting, Quintanilla, Jr. discovered the fan club's checks were signed with Maria Elida's signature in handwriting identical to Saldvar's. [150], Amor Prohibido, which was positioned at number four on March 31, peaked at number one on the Top Latin Albums chart in the issue dated April 15, 1995. [95] The lead item on national television network evening news programs in Corpus Christi had been the end of the 199495 Major League Baseball strike. I'm not sure I've ever seen a person have to perform knowing they were about to die. Gomez accused Saldvar of mutilating or destroying some of his original creations and said she never paid bills. The November 2006 murder of Mexican singer Valentn Elizalde was tragicbut not entirely shocking to his friends and fellow musicians. Following Selena's death, cultural confrontations were reported. His unique voice will also be part of his legacy. A Mexican singer, who found fame with a song in praise of a high-heeled female drug trafficker, is in intensive care after being shot six times in an ambush that killed two other people . [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. His son Adn Chalino Snchez, also a recording artist, died in 2004 in a car crash. [149] Her albums sparked a buying frenzy for Latin music in Japan, Germany, and China. [49], As Prez was driving back to their house, Selena noticed Saldvar had failed to give her the correct bank statements she needed. . Yrma Lydya Gamboa, 21, a Mexican regional singer, was allegedly murdered by her husband . The couple became embroiled in a row in the private room and Hernandez shot his young wife three times in the chest, its alleged. [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. [146] According to Arrars, "women imitated her, men worshiped her". [158][159], The League of United Latin American Citizens found Stern's apology unacceptable and urged a boycott of his show. At 11:48a.m. (CST), Saldvar pointed it at Selena. Mexican American singer Selena Quintanilla was a Tejano superstar and was on the verge of an even higher level of fame when she was shot and killed on March 31, 1995. After that, the grandpa said : God bless you! To those people, though, the five million Texans of Mexican descent, the death of Selena was Black Friday, a day of infamy even darker and more evil than the assassination of John F. Kennedy. [102] In response, an editor said "I hope not. [79] After 50 minutes, the doctors realized the damage was irreparable. Suzette was the contact person between Saldvar and the Quintanilla family; Saldvar did not meet Selena until December 1991. [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. [58][55][59], While driving back to the motel, Selena told Saldvar it would be best if they stayed apart for a while to avoid upsetting Quintanilla, Jr.[55] According to Dr. Martinez, Selena had tried to contact him that morning but he could not speak on the telephone because he was performing surgery. 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. [61] DeLeon noticed Selena's eyes had rolled back and that she went limp. 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. Quintanilla III on bass, Suzette Quintanilla on drums, and Selena as the lead singer. [63], Selena was critically wounded. [13] Saldvar was authorized to write and cash checks, and had access to bank accounts associated with the fan club and boutiques. It was a threat. . [16] Her room was covered with Selena posters and pictures, burning votive candles, and a library of Selena videos which she played to entertain guests. Elizalde was a mainstay of the accordion-based norteo music variously known as Banda or grupero and also was known by the nickname "the Golden Rooster.". The next day, Saldvar returned the gun to the shop[44] saying her father had given her a .22-caliber pistol. [17] Saldvar told employees at Selena Etc. [89] Later that afternoon, police drained the gasoline from the gas tank of Saldvar's car and turned on floodlights. By James C. McKinley Jr. Dec. 18, 2007. At the time of Selena's death, Tejano music was one of the most popular Latin music subgenres in the United States. [61] Saldvar picked up the pistol, pointed it at her right temple, and threatened to commit suicide. 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. The staff noticed Selena angrily respond that Saldvar had told her the opposite, that she was bleeding copiously the day before. According to Quintanilla, Jr., Saldvar tried contacting him and left him fifteen messages; she said she left only three. [250] Within hours, she was saying the shooting was accidental. Lydya later arrived at the restaurant and its alleged that gunfire rang through the eatery after she and her husband started to argue. [166], In April and May that year, some European-Americans in Texas wrote to the editor of the Brazosport Facts questioning the fuss over her death; some were offended because Selena Day coincided with Easter Sunday. [143] She was more popular after her death than when she was alive. [16], In 1994, Selena opened two boutiques called Selena Etc. [3] Selena then dumped Saldvar's satchel containing bank statements onto the bed and saw the gun. Her killer had strangled her and set her body on fire. Fans lined up for almost a mile (1500 m). After winning the Tejano Music Award for best female vocalist as a teenager, Selena went on to earn the title nine more times including two posthumous wins following her murder at age 23. ', [Saldvar] would jump three times". Snchez was shot and killed after a concert in Culiacn, Sinaloa in 1992 where he was handed a note from the crowd believed to be a death threat. CUERNAVACA, Mexico The son of Mexican singer Joan Sebastian was killed in a bar fight early Saturday, four years after another of his children was shot dead. He created a genre that anyone could sing in and not have that beautiful voice., Corridos singer Lili Zetina remembers clearly the first time she heard Snchezs distinctive voice. Rivera, 43, died December 9, 2012, when the small plane she was traveling in crashed in the . [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. [148], Spanish singer Julio Iglesias interrupted a recording session in Miami for a moment of silence. The lead singer of a well-known Mexican band has been abducted, tortured and strangled to death, officials say. According to the aforementioned media, the authorities found the vehicle where Irving Olivas, Alfredo Olivass brother, was traveling with his family. He told Saldvar to "tell that lie to someone else". [218][219][220] More than 78,000 signed a book of condolence. [55] Motel guests complained about loud noises coming from Saldvar's room. [4] Quintanilla, Jr. wanted his children to record Tejano musica male-dominated music genre popularized by Mexican-Americans in the United States. Trigo Figueroa, a singer, was killed after a concert in Reynosa in August 2006. The promoter charged an admission fee, which upset Quintanilla, Jr.[97] Modesto Lopez Portillo drove from El Salvador to Los Angeles to be the officiating priest for the gathering; the consul general of El Salvador attended as well. [265] Because of multiple internal death threats from incarcerated Selena fans, Saldvar was placed in isolation and spends twenty-three hours a day alone in her 9 by 6 feet (2.7 by 1.8m) cell. Martinez said he had contacts in Mexico who could help her grow her business. A priest in western Mexico has been shot to death, the eighth killed under the administration of President Andrs Manuel Lpez Obrador. You can be killed for refusing to sing for a boss. [49] Unbeknownst to Prez, Selena agreed to meet Saldvar the next morning. It became a collector's itema first in the history of People. [56] On April 1, Bayfront Plaza in Corpus Christi held a vigil which drew 3,000 fans. UPDATE: Jenni Rivera, a popular Mexican-American singer, reality TV star and coach on The Voice Mexico, died Saturday night in a plane crash in northern . In January 1995, QuintanillaJr. began receiving telephone calls and letters from angry fans who had sent membership payments and had received nothing in return. He sent an employee to her motel room to investigate. He began investigating their complaints and found evidence that Saldvar had embezzled $60,000 from the fan club and the boutiques using forged checks. Chalino did great things and Im happy he still connects with people., Get weekly rundowns straight to your inbox, A daily briefing on what matters in the music industry. 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. On April 12, 1995, two weeks after her death, then-Texas governor George W. Bush declared her birthday Selena Day in Texas, offending some Americans because Selena Day that year coincided with Easter. However, Selena did not want to end their friendship; she felt Saldvar was essential to the success of her clothing line in Mexico. [216], An hour before the doors opened, rumors that the casket was empty began circulating, which prompted the Quintanilla family to have an open-casket viewing. MEXICO CITY Apart from the police and narco-gangsters, few groups have suffered more in Mexico's brutal drug wars than the singers whose music often chronicles the carnage. [94] All major U.S. networks interrupted their regular programming to break the news. Hundreds of people began circling the area in their vehicles. 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. [125][242] It was the highest-rated and most-viewed Spanish-language television special in the history of American television. Fuck man. [148] A drag queen planned to dress as Selena for a performance; he was hit by a car and left to die. Since then, I never forgot that voice I heard that was being blasted by my neighbor.. He was this person who didnt fit in and somehow managed to make his own road. Sergio Gomez (right), of the band K-Paz de la Sierra, was found murdered . Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. 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". 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. A lot of the newer generation sings like that, says Galindo. Harfuch confirmed that the singer died after sustaining three shots to her chest during the row. Her truck was then blocked in by the police vehicle. [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. [1][3] In 1984, the band released its first LP record, Selena y Los Dinos, with a small, independent record company. Many wept as police took Saldvar away. [34][28] Quintanilla Jr. presented Saldvar with evidence concerning the missing funds. 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. Camacho, already popular in his home state of . Educators who had observed the reactions said, "the emergence of an icon in a minority culture can be both bewildering and threatening to Anglos". [161] Within a week, on NBC's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Stern and his co-host Robin Quivers were asked if Stern's remarks about Selena were acceptable. [nb 2], Saldvar became envious of Selena's dependency on Martinez. I was like eight years old and my neighbor was listening to a song by Chalino, and at the same time he was crying, she shares. Elizalde often toured the United States and recorded several albums for Universal Music. [88], Larry Young and Isaac Valencia began negotiating with Saldvar. [31] Meanwhile, at both of Selena's boutiques in San Antonio and Corpus Christi, employees noted an influx of unpaid or overdue bills arriving in the mail, for which Saldvar could provide no plausible explanation. 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. [79] Elkins reported how all efforts were futile and said had he been the receiving doctor, he would not have made any treatments on Selena. Ahead of her posthumous album, out 2020, Jenni Rivera's family reflects on the late banda singer's legacy . According to ex-bandmates Chalino had tons of enemies who envied him. [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". Filed Under: Chalino Snchez sentences death. Authorities released the singer when . Saldvar instead used it to rent Lincoln Town Cars, entertain associates in upmarket restaurants, and buy two cellular telephones which she carried. Snchez was killed in May of 1992, his body found by an . [128], Networks competed with each other to interview Saldvar about the shooting. 2Pac,Biggie ,Nippsy Hustle ,Pop Smoke and all the fake gangsta rappers are a bunch of girlscouts compared to the real mexican corridos singers. A reader called The Monitor and stated that intelligent people had no interest in Selena. 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. [61], Saldvar surrendered after more than nine hours. [8], Yolanda Saldvar became a fan of Tejano music in the mid-1980s. As president, she was responsible for membership benefits and collecting $22 in exchange for products promoting Selena,[12] a T-shirt bearing the singer's name, exclusive interviews with the band, a fact sheet about Selena y Los Dinos, and notifications of upcoming concerts. [12] The two became close friends and the Quintanilla family trusted her. [189], Within hours of Selena's murder, record stores sold out of her albums; EMI Latin began pressing several million CDs and cassettes to meet the expected demand. Elizalde was a mainstay of the accordion-based norteo music variously known as Banda or . [53] According to Carlos Morales, who was waiting outside the motel, he heard screaming and saw Selena running towards him. Want to know what everyone in the music business is talking about. According to news reports, gunmen in two vehicles chased Elizalde's black sport utility . The right side of her chest, all the tissue was ripped. Young, up-and-coming Mexican singer Ariel Camacho has died in a traffic accident after leaving a concert, his record company confirmed Thursday. Mexican American baritone Steven [153] American music industry executive Daniel Glass told Texas Monthly he believed Selena would have enjoyed greater career success had it not been for her death. Saldvar did not comply; she backed up and parked adjacent to two cars. Many media outlets received negative comments from people around the country. When Linda Ronstadt, a pop singer of Mexican-American heritage, appeared on the show, she . Lydya had also filed a police report in December claiming her husband had beaten her and threatened her with a gun on another occasion. Among the celebrities who contacted the Quintanilla family following the news were Gloria Estefan, Celia Cruz, Julio Iglesias, and Madonna. CULIACAN, Mexico (AP) 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 Thursday. The singer, 27-year-old Valentin Elizalde, was killed about 20 minutes after performing at a local fair. Omar Garca Harfuch, Mexico's security . A paramedic performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation to keep her blood circulating. [67], After the standoff entered its fourth hour, Valencia succeeded in getting Saldvar to confess that she had intended to shoot herself. Most of the musicians had been shot or stabbed to death. Saldvar said when she placed the gun to her own head, Selena tried to tell her not to kill herself. [23] Employees reportedly told Selena that Saldvar was "two-faced [and] was unstable". A priest in western Mexico has been shot to death, the eighth killed under the administration of President Andrs Manuel Lpez Obrador, the church said . They say that when he ran into the alleged perpetrator, he took revenge, then he had to go to the other side. The authorities had the news around 12:00 pm local time, when a Cadillac Escalade truck was reported shot on an avenue in the city of Zapopan in Jalisco, Mexico, according to the Mexican newspaper El Heraldo De Mxico. [43] The next day, Saldvar purchased a gun at A Place to Shoot,[42] a gun shop and shooting range in San Antonio. [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]. Saldvar was a close friend of Selena, and worked as . Sergio Gmez Snchez was the vocalist for K-Paz de la Sierra, a regional Mexican music group. [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. Mexico City security chief Omar Garcia Harfuch said Hernandez had met with two people at the restaurant at 2 p.m. last Thursday, before leaving at around 6 p.m., reports Milenio news network. Baltazar Gomez Trejo of Santa Catarina was the sixth police chief killed in the state of Nuevo Leon this year. [102] A People magazine issue was released several days after her murder. * I am not a native Eng. After her death, the popularity of Tejano music waned. [216][217] During the event, it was announced that a public viewing of the casket would be held at the Bayfront Auditorium the following day. [61] The paramedics tore away the green sweater where the bleeding was taking place and applied a Vaseline gauze to Selena's wound, which stopped the surface bleeding. [48], According to him, the third attempt to kill Selena was during Saldvar's trip to Monterrey in the last week of March. Prez called Selena on her mobile phone[nb 4] and reminded her of the scheduled recording. [97] Fans scribbled notes and messages, and placed them on the door and doorstep of the room in which Selena had been shot. The Grammy winner was shot and killed by Yolanda Saldvar on March 31, 1995, barely two weeks before her 24th birthday. The church's Catholic Multimedia Center identified the priest as Rev. 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. MEXICO CITY Vicente Fernandez, an iconic and beloved singer of Mexican regional music who was . The Mexican singer died Sunday at 81 years . While in captivity, the kidnappers who remain unidentified, tortured Leyva and shot him in the leg. He found a letter in Saldvar's handwriting stating that Maria Elida had to close the bank account because of a major problem. [118], Selena's life and career were covered by a number of television programs, including The Oprah Winfrey Show,[119] E! [120][121][122] Other networks including MTV,[120] Investigation Discovery, The Biography Channel, and A&E Network have aired special programs about Selena,[121][123] while Spanish-language networks regularly show documentaries to commemorate the anniversary of her death. Patoski said that Anglo-Americans "didn't understand what all the fuss was about". Chalinos legacy is almost inexplicable because his legacy can be traced beyond corridos. The deceased minor was put inside an ambulance, according to the Mexican media. boutiques became shrines to the singer as fans left balloons, flowers, pictures, and poems. Late reply but K-Paz De La Sierra's former lead singer was also . The Latino community was deeply affected by the news of Selena's death; some people traveled thousands of miles to visit her home, boutiques, and the crime scene, while churches with large congregations of Latinos held prayers in her name. Selena told her to "get rid of it" and said she would protect Saldvar from her father, according to Saldvar and Prez. Since the 1990s, popular Mexican singers have been increasingly crooning about Kalashnikovs and cocaine alongside their traditional ballads of hard work and lost love. MEXICO CITY, MEXICO: Yrma Lydia, a Mexican singer, was fatally shot by her husband in a restaurant in Mexico City on Thursday night, June 23, according to local authorities. He's my favorite Mexican singer amazing voice and corridos. [262] She received the maximum sentence of life in prison with no eligibility of parole for 30 years. [44][45][46] This, Quintanilla, Jr. believed, had calmed Saldvar and was the reason she did not kill Selena in the parking lot. 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 . Its also claimed he and his bodyguard, Benjamin Hernandez, then attempted to flee in a luxury car before being snared by cops. He's got a website has some pretty crazy videos of him and his guys shooting cartel members, as well as some videos of people getting stabbed/machete'd and explaining what happened and how they might've prevented it. He was shot while performing in Coachella in January 1992. [64] Selena's condition began to deteriorate rapidly as motel staff attended to her. [177], By the mid-2000s, radio stations in the United States no longer played Tejano music, large auditoria stopped hosting Tejano artists by 2007,[191] and major record companies abandoned their Tejano artists after 1995. She contacted Selena and told her she had been raped. Getty Images. . [218] The state had difficulty arranging defense counsel for Saldvar; a spokesperson said any lawyer defending Saldvar could face death threats. 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. The remaining employees complained to Selena about Saldvar, but Selena did not believe her friend would hurt her or her business. [67][68] Motel staff noticed her clothes were "soaked in blood" when she approached the lobby. He also wrote lyrics honoring one of Mexico's most notorious drug lords, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, leader of the Sinaloa Cartel. Many musicians have been murdered during their active career. [227], A special mass held the same day at Los Angeles Sports Arena drew a crowd of 4,000. In her final days, Selena got . [149] Three albums, Entre a Mi Mundo (1992), Live! [90], A chain-link fence in front of Selena's house became a shrine festooned with mementos[133] as fans from across America left messages to Selena and the Quintanilla family. As many as 70 bullet cartridges were found scattered on the street around Elizalde's car. [1][3], The family moved to Corpus Christi, Texas, and Selena y Los Dinos began recording music professionally. Mayor Mary Rhodes said many of the people complaining about the media exposure Selena was receiving had never heard of her. [68], Selena collapsed on the floor at 11:49a.m. (CST) as hotel general manager Barbara Schultz telephoned the emergency services. Rosalino 'Chalino' Snchez Flix, was one of the most beloved singers of regional music in Mexico, his death was the first death of an artist at the hands of organized crime in the country, today, 29 years after his departure, a video in which he allegedly received a note with a death threat, according . February 13, 2023 / 6:50 AM / CBS/AP. [138] A few days after her death, president of the United States Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary sent a letter of condolence to Selena's husband Chris Prez. [99] Concerts throughout Texas were canceled;[133] La Mafia canceled their concert in Guatemala and flew back to Texas. [19] According to an unnamed former employee, Saldvar was "possessive" of her relationship with Selena, and tried to distance Selena from the other employees. [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". Maria Elida then wrote checks to be cashed by Saldvar, even though the bank account had no funds. Among his biggest hits were songs including "Vete Ya," "Ebrio de Amor" and "Soy Asi.". She showed pictures of her bruised face from a number of domestic violence incidents as evidence, reports Mexican newspaper Excelsior. [224] There was a tribute for the singer during a St. Patrick's Day celebration in a Catholic church in Houston, Texas. [228] Selena had been booked to play there that night for her Amor Prohibido Tour. Hernandez is due back in court on Thursday after his request to be placed in home confinement due to his age was rejected by the judge. 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.. [90], Her death was front-page news in The New York Times for two days,[96] and was featured prominently on BBC World News. [93][131] Hispanics throughout the United States reportedly mourned the singer as far away as New York City and Los Angeles. Although the healthcare team tried to revive Selena, she died of hypovolemic shock. [55][56] Selena took her to Doctors Regional Hospital,[nb 3] where medical staff noticed Saldvar showed "clear symptoms of depression". World. To which Chalino simply replied "We'll see..". ', "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? [188][189][190] Following Selena's death, the Tejano music market suffered and its popularity waned. Singer Jenni Rivera performs during the 11th annual Latin Grammy Awards in November 2010 in Las Vegas. He then played Selena's songs with gunshot noises in the background. The employee found she had left a few minutes earlier. You had figures like Pablo Escobar in the consciousness of people. All major television networks in the United States interrupted their regular programming to break the news. [252] The Nueces County jail was deluged with death threats and there were public calls for vigilante justice. [204], Dreaming of You joined five of Selena's studio albums on the Billboard 200 chart simultaneously, making her the first female artist in Billboard history to accomplish this feat. That's some hollywood shit. When asked why she had done this, she replied that the bank would not allow her to open an account in her name; she did not know the reason for this refusal. They ran a telephone line to their base of operations adjacent to Saldvar's pickup truck as the standoff continued. [49][50], On March 30, 1995, Selena contacted Leonard Wong about the perfume samples he had made for her. [97][218] About 30,000 to 40,000 fans passed by Selena's casket. But he was able to become El Rey del Corrido because he was at the right place, at the right time. [7] She landed her first major record deal with Capitol EMI Latin in 1989. 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