David Victoriano Munguía Payés is a former

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general and was Minister of Defense of El Salvador from 2009 to 2011 and again from 2013 to 2019.

Biography

David Victoriano Munguía Payés was the Director of the

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from 1996 to 1997. He was appointed as

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on 1 June 2009 by President

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. He served until 23 November 2011 and replaced by José Atilio Benítez Parada, but he was reinstated to the position on 12 July 2013. He left office on 1 June 2019 and was replaced by

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. Munguía Payés was arrested on 23 July 2020 for allegedly negotiating a truce with the prominent gangs

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and

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during his term. A judge later ordered him to be placed under house arrest. In October 2020, eight properties worth 1.4 million dollars were confiscated from Munguía Payés by the Salvadoran government due to tax investigations indicating that they may have been attained through illegal activities.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Munguía Payés, David Year of birth unknown Living people Salvadoran military personnel Defence ministers of El Salvador Captain General Gerardo Barrios Military School alumni Year of birth missing (living people)

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