David Victoriano Munguía Payés is a former Salvadoran Army general who served as Minister of National Defense of El Salvador from 2009 to 2011 and again from 2013 to 2019.

David Victoriano Munguía Payés was the Director of the Captain General Gerardo Barrios Military School from 1996 to 1997.

[1][2] He was appointed as Minister of National Defense of El Salvador on 1 June 2009 by President Mauricio Funes.

[8][9][10] 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.

[12] On 17 June 2023, the office of the attorney general began proceedings to charge Munguía for alleged the money laundering and illicit enrichment of US$1,147,650 during Funes' presidency.