Sr. Insp. John Garry Alcantara Erana
About Sr. Insp. John Garry Alcantara Erana:
- >> Seven of the 44 government troopers who died in the January 25 encounter with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front in Maguindanao were young but already senior and accomplished members of the elite Philippine National Police-Special Action Force (PNA-SAF).
- >> Captain of the Philippine National Police Academy’s (PNPA) Kaisang-Bisig of Class 2009.
- >> He was only 28 but was already a senior police inspector taking a Phd course before he died in the Mamasapano firefight in Maguindanao.
- >> Erana, a native of Dumalinao, Zamboanga del Sur, had almost 30 medals recognizing his outstanding service as a police officer.
- >> He was supposed to be among the recipients of the Lakan Distinguished Award, the highest mark of recognition granted to the academy's.
