Williams Agberto Mansilla Fernández (born April 24, 1964

Guatemala City Guatemala City ( es, Ciudad de Guatemala), known locally as Guatemala or Guate, is the capital and largest city of Guatemala, and the most populous urban area in Central America. The city is located in the south-central part of the country, nest ...

) is a Guatemalan military officer who served as

Minister of Defense A defence minister or minister of defence is a cabinet official position in charge of a ministry of defense, which regulates the armed forces in sovereign states. The role of a defence minister varies considerably from country to country; in som ...

from July 2015 until October 2017 during the

presidencies A presidency is an administration or the executive, the collective administrative and governmental entity that exists around an office of president of a state or nation. Although often the executive branch of government, and often personified by a ...

Otto Pérez Molina Otto Fernando Pérez Molina (born 1 December 1950) is a Guatemalan politician and retired general, who was President of Guatemala from 2012 to 2015. Standing as the Patriotic Party (Guatemala), Patriotic Party (''Partido Patriota'') candidate, ...

(2015),

Alejandro Maldonado Alejandro Baltazar Maldonado Aguirre (born January 6, 1936) is a Guatemalan statesman who was the Acting President of Guatemala, following the Congress of Guatemala's acceptance of the resignation of President Otto Pérez Molina on September 3, 2 ...

(2015–2016), and

Jimmy Morales Jimmy Morales (born James Ernesto Morales Cabrera, ; 18 March 1969) is a Guatemalan politician, actor and comedian. From 2016 to 2020, he served as the 50th president of Guatemala. Early and personal life Morales was born in Guatemala City ...

(2016–2017). Mansilla was originally appointed Minister of Defense in 2015 by then President

. In September 2017, it was revealed that the Ministry of Defense, headed by Mansilla, had been paying President Jimmy Morales approximately $7,300 per month in addition to his regular presidential salary. The payments to Morales were called a "Bonus for Extraordinary Responsibility." Williams Mansilla resigned from office on October 1 shortly after the revelation. President Morales denied any wrongdoing, but returned about $60,000 to the Guatemalan government. On January 26, 2018, Mansilla was arrested in connection with the bonus payments and charged with

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, illegal enrichment and

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