About Sr. Insp. Max Jim Ramirez Tria:
- >> Max Jim Ramirez Tria, nicknamed Mac-mac by his family, was the only one among five sons to follow in his father’s footsteps as a policeman.
- >> The 27-year-old police officer from Virac, Catanduanes, was proud to be a member of the Philippine National Police Special Action Force (SAF), Tria’s father Guillermo – 53 and also a senior inspector – had told the Inquirer.
- >> Even before joining the SAF, Tria had attained top honors in sniper school, commando and scout ranger training, and in handling explosives and ordinance.
- >> Tria entered the Philippine National Police Academy right after graduation from the CSU Laboratory Schools and came out one of the youngest graduates.
- >> Senior Inspector Max Jim Tria is described by a military offiical as a “tiger” in the battlefield and may have been “the last man standing” during the bloody January 25 encounter in Mamasapano, Maguindanao, that left him and 43 of his colleagues dead.
