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...current member and a former executive board member of RAZA, Rovira says at study breaks sponsored by Fuerza Quisqueyana he could count on finding Caribbean food and listening to salsa instead of the Tejano music and enchiladas RAZA served...
Dismissing the defense claim that the shooting had been an accident, a Houston jury convicted Yolanda Saldivar of having murdered Tejano singing star Selena. The sentence: life in prison with no possibility of parole for 30 years. The March shooting, which took place in a Corpus Christi motel, is said to have occurred during a financial dispute between Selena and Saldivar, the former president of the singer's fan club...
...prosecutors began their retrial of Lyle and Erik Menendez on charges of having murdered their parents; the prior prosecution of the brothers, who claim they were driven to kill by years of sexual abuse, ended in hung juries. In Houston, Yolanda Saldivar went on trial for the murder of Tejano singing star Selena. The former president of Selena's fan club, Saldivar claims the shooting was an accident...
Fans of slain pop singer Selena paid their respects by making Dreaming of You, the Tejano queen's unfinished crossover effort, the first album by a Latin artist to reach No. 1 on the Billboard chart. The disc sold 331,000 copies for the week, becoming history's second fastest-selling release by a female artist...
Dreaming of You contains some of Selena's finest, most enjoyable work; it's a commendable but sorrowful accomplishment, since it comes after her passing. Her Tejano music was sometimes clumsy; but the English pop songs on this new album are sweet, pure and clear, and on the mariachi numbers, Selena shows off a voice that is sexy, strong and gracefully maturing. Says her brother Quintanilla: "I'm very pleased with the way the album came out. But to be honest, it's not a quarter of what the album might have been if she had been able to finish...