Overview

• Molina Pico died early Saturday at his home in San Isidro at age 87, according to reports from Argentine outlets.
• He commanded the missile destroyer ARA Hércules during the 1982 Malvinas/Falklands war and was later decorated by Congress for his service.
• As naval attaché in Washington in 1990, he helped plan and coordinate Argentina’s Gulf War missions Alfil 1 and Alfil 2, work that earned him the U.S. Legion of Merit (Officer).
• He served as Chief of the General Staff of the Navy from July 1993 to July 1996, a period that included Argentine participation in UN peacekeeping in Haiti and Cyprus, before stepping down over budget cuts.
• After retiring from the Navy, he was rector of the Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires from 1999 to 2012 and later joined national academies; his remains will be taken Sunday to Parque Memorial cemetery in Pilar.