New Year's tradition: ABOVE: Guerrero Reyes Jr.stands by as Pablo Enriquez and Alfredo Estrada tend to a pot of carnitas as it cooks over a fire in Gamerco on Friday afternoon. The friends spent the day cooking a pig they had killed that morning to celebrate the coming of the New Year. They say they usually kill a pig about four times a year for special occasions. BELOW: A fresh, hot carnita is wrapped in a corn tortilla. Several friends spent the day cooking a pig they had killed that morning to celebrate the coming of the New Year.[Photos by Brian Leddy/Independent]

Gallup Lady Bengal Janelle Largo (50) gets up close and personal with Hampton High School Lady Crabber Candace Brown (5) Friday afternoon during the T-Mobile National High School Basketball Invitational at the University of New Mexico's Pit in Albuquerque. The Gallup Lady Bengals lost 55-33 to the Hampton, VA Hampton Lady Crabbers. [Photo by Jeff Jones/Independent] Full Story