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Trial looms for 1 of 2 men accused in 3 murders near Dixon

  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — One of two brothers accused in a triple homicide in northern New Mexico in 2018 is scheduled to stand trial this week in Rio Arriba County. Prosecutors say 36-year-old John Powell and his 35-year-old brother Roger Gage allegedly shot and killed two men and a woman near Dixon. Jury selection in Powell’s trial is scheduled Monday and Tuesday. Trial dates for the case against Gage haven’t been set. The brothers each were charged with three counts of first-degree murder along with burglary, conspiracy and tampering with evidence. Killed in the May 2018 shootings were 42-year-old April Browne, 36-year-old Abraham Martinez and 27-year-old Kierin Guillemin. Authorities believe the murders were drug related.