UTEP Open Source Research Lab

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The UTEP Open Source Research Lab's goal is to build the most comprehensive unclassified database on group-based violence in the Western Hemisphere. It performs open source research, exploitation, and analysis of transnational criminal activities including:

• Cartel-related violence
• Cross-border violence
• Immigration-related extremist activities
• Immigration-related terrorist activities
• Narcotics trafficking
• Transnational organized crime activity

The region that the Open Source Research Lab focuses on is in Mexico and along the US border with Mexico, and Latin America.