Selena’s convicted murderer, Yolanda Saldiva, reveals if she was paroled in 2025, she wants to work with Shakira pic.twitter.com/XIBK1BJq2d
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The rumors spread fast around social media: Yolanda Saldívar, convicted of killing Selena Quintanilla, told BBC News in an interview that she wants to work with Shakira once she’s released from prison.
As early as June 4, online news sources including the Latin Times, Telemundo and PopCrush began publishing articles that claimed Saldívar revealed her future plans to the BBC in an exclusive interview. Saldívar reportedly said she hoped to be the Colombian singer’s “right hand” when she is paroled.
“I can confirm that this report is false and no such interview has taken place between BBC News and Yolanda Saldivar,” a BBC spokesperson said in a statement to the Express-News.
It’s not clear where the story originated, but on Monday, social media posts sharing the false news had garnered tens of thousands of likes and thousands of reposts.
Saldívar is serving a life sentence for fatally shooting the Queen of Tejano. She’s up for parole in March 2025.
Saldívar was the president of Quintanilla’s fan club before killing her in 1995, and the idea that she would get close to Shakira alarmed social media users.
“Get away from her,” multiple users commented in response to social media posts spreading the false report.
Saldívar most recently spoke out from behind bars in an Oxygen True Crime documentary released in February. The two-part docuseries, which was heavily opposed by Quintanilla’s father, featured interviews with Saldívar about her relationship with the late singer.
Colombian singer Shakira is the center of a series of online rumors about Yolanda Saldívar, who was convicted of killing Selena Quintanilla. False reports said Saldívar told the BBC she wants to work with Shakira once she’s released from prison.
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