207 dead; army storms warehouse in Juárez

War zone ! That is exactly what it is ! The Cartels have seriously picked up the pace of killing whoever stands in their way ! A little over One month into 2009 and there is already 207 Reported murders ! I'm sure that as I write this that number is going up !
It's Friday and that is a big party day around Jaurez ! Party = cartel movement !!! Cartel movement = more deaths !!!

More on the violence in Juárez , The El Paso Times

The Mexican army and heavily armed federal police with a helicopter flying overhead raided a drug warehouse Thursday morning in Juárez even as killings are surging beyond the extraordinary levels of last year.

If it isn't a war zone, it would be hard to tell by the body count, which has reached 207 in the Juárez area this year.

In the first five days of February, 54 people were slain, surpassing the 37 homicides in all of February last year.

The raid by forces with Joint Operation Chihuahua led to the seizure of nearly 2 tons of marijuana hidden in plastic containers apparently ready to be transported to the United States, said Enrique Torres, spokesman for the federal anti-crime operation.

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The raid came as the Juárez region continues to boil with drug-related violence.

Before dawn Thursday, five men were shot execution-style in the community of El Millón, east of Juárez across the Rio Grande from Fabens, Chihuahua state police said.

The men were lined up, their heads covered and their hands and feet bound with tape when they were shot in the backyard
of a home, police said. The men, who had not been identified, were wearing pajama pants and underwear.

Some Juárez news outlets reported that the men belonged to the same family and were pulled out of a home while they slept.

Investigators said the men were killed by 11 rounds fired by a "military-style" small firearm.