Jose Sifuentes

Jose Sifuentes (born March 1978) is a Mexican-American serial killer and former fugitive. In 2003, he was arrested for the rape-murder of a woman he lured from a club in Dallas, Texas, and while awaiting trial he posted bail and fled to Mexico, where he spent the next sixteen years avoiding arrest. During this time, he was linked to two previous murders through DNA evidence.

In April 2019, the FBI apprehended Sifuentes in Eastern Mexico, and he was extradited to the United States the following year. He pleaded guilty to each murder in 2021 and was sentenced to life in prison.

Murders At the time of the killings, Sifuentes worked at an auto repair shop as a mechanic. Each woman he murdered he had befriended at bars or clubs and convinced them to come home with him. He then proceeded to strip, rape, and kill them. However, when authorities went to arrest him, they failed to find him. They soon realized that he had likely fled to Mexico, and the FBI was brought in to investigate and declared Sifuentes a fugitive from justice.

Arrest in Mexico Between 2003 and 2019, Sifuentes resided in San Vicente de González, a small town in Nuevo León with less than 200 residents. In 2016, the Dallas Police Department (DPD) and the District Attorney's office granted a provisional arrest warrant with the U.S. Department of Justice, and this gave them the authority to search for Sifuentes in Mexico. In April 2019 the DPD, FBI, and DA's office successfully located Sifuentes' whereabouts and arrested him, taking him into custody in Mexico City. After lengthy extradition proceedings, he was returned to Texas on January 8, 2020, and charged with the murders. On May 13, 2021, Sifuentes pleaded guilty to three counts of murder and received three life sentences.

Sifuentes is currently incarcerated at the Clements Unit in Amarillo.