Yolanda Saldivar, the woman convicted of murdering rising star Tejano singer Selena Quintanilla-Perez in 1995, is seeking release on parole, according to The Texas Department of Criminal Justice. The case is currently in the parole review process,

Yolanda Saldívar, convicted of killing Selena Quintanilla on March 31, 1995, approaches parole eligibility, claiming she's a 'political prisoner.'

Yolanda Saldívar, the woman who shot and killed Selena Quintanilla-Perez in 1995, "feels like she's a political prisoner," a relative says. While speaking to the New York Post in an interview published on Wednesday,

Saldívar's family says she believes Selena Quintanilla is partly at fault because she was "forceful" in confronting Saldívar about alleged embezzlement.

Yolanda Saldívar, the woman convicted of killing Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, officially filed for parole in January. Saldívar's family members told The New York Post she now believes that the singer is at least partly responsible for her own death.