Abel Munoz Sifuentes allegedly assaulted and injured his partner and then-deputy in a May 2024 incident, the agency says.
SAN ANTONIO — A Bexar County sheriff’s deputy was arrested Thursday after investigators say he assaulted a fellow deputy he was in a relationship with last year.
Abel Munoz Sifuentes, 29, was taken into custody by the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office Public Integrity Unit on a charge of assault causing bodily injury to a family member. The arrest stems from a May 2024 incident.
According to the sheriff’s office, the victim, who was also a deputy, told investigators that Sifuentes returned home after a shift at the Bexar County Jail, “entered their bedroom, grabbed her by the shirt, lifted her off the bed, dropped her back onto the bed and pushed her against a wall.” She also reported that Sifuentes struck her in the face.
The alleged assault was disclosed during the victim’s exit interview when she resigned from the agency. She told investigators she had been assaulted by a deputy she was in a relationship with. The Public Integrity Unit launched an investigation and obtained a warrant for Sifuentes’ arrest; he was taken into custody while on duty.
BCSO says Sifuentes — who was hired in July 2017 and working in the agency’s detention bureau — declined to give a statement to investigators and was served with a proposed termination letter. He has been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of an investigation.
It’s unknown how much time passed between the victim telling investigators about the alleged assault and Sifuentes’ arrest, but Sheriff Javier Salazar said personnel “acted swiftly” to take him into custody.
“Domestic violence has no place in society, much less in law enforcement,” Salazar said in a statement. “We have already started dismissal proceedings against this soon-to-be former employee.”
Sifuentes is the eight Bexar County sheriff’s deputy arrested this year.