2ND STOCK ISLAND SHOOTING SUSPECT ARRESTED IN MEXICO

The above photo shows the Dec. 11 arrest in Mexico of Mayque Marin Gomez, who was wanted in connection with a deadly shooting in June on Stock Island. The months-long manhunt involved the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, the U.S. Marshals office, Florida Department of Law Enforcement and Mexican authorities. MONROE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE/Contributed

The search for the second suspect in a fatal shooting that occured in June on Stock Island ended on Dec. 11, when the man was arrested in northern Mexico.

Mexican authorities arrested Mayque Marin Gomez, 31, at about 9:30 p.m. on Dec. 11. 

Marin Gomez’s brother, Jose Luis Espinosa Gomez, 35, had been arrested in July, also in northern Mexico, in connection with the same shooting.

Espinosa Gomez was extradited to the Monroe County Detention Center on Stock Island in August. Efforts to extradite Marin Gomez are underway.

Both men were arrested following a joint manhunt between the U.S. and Mexican law enforcement agents.

Both brothers were wanted in the shooting death of Jose Manuel Clemente, 45, of Stock Island. Another victim, Iliecer Noa, 43, was also shot, but survived. All four men lived on Stock Island.

Clemente was pronounced dead at the scene — the commercial fishing trap yard in the 5000 block of 5th Avenue locally known as “La Curva.”

Both Gomez brothers each have a $1.6 million bail.

Sheriff Rick Ramsay thanked law enforcement partners for their continued support in the case.

“I am happy to announce both of these men are now in custody for the heinous crimes they have committed,” said Ramsay. “I want to express my gratitude to our Major Crimes Unit detectives as well as the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, the FBI, the U.S. Marshals Service and law enforcement officials in Mexico, all of whom worked very hard to close this case.”