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The [[UTEP]] '''Open Source Research Lab'''<nowiki/>'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:
* [[Drug cartel|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]].

==Criticism==
The lab is under scrutiny because it was started and run until recently by [[S. Fernando Rodriguez]], then director of UTEP's Criminal Justice Program. Rodriguez is on paid administrative leave while administrators decide what to do because he did not report outside work worth more than $1 million as required by university rules.<ref>UTEP: Agencies say university's Open Source Crime Lab hasn't given pledged help http://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_20249421/agencies-say-crime-lab-hasnt-given-pledged-help</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Official website|http://opensource.utep.edu/}} - dead link 23:36, 14 November 2018 (UTC)

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