In the spirit of grocery store self-checkouts and airport electronic ticketing, the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) opened a pilot program this week that will allow known illegal immigrants to voluntarily report in for deportation.

A Canadian citizen languishing in Guadalajara’s Puente Grande prison on drug-related charges is asking his government and his home country’s media for help getting him home.

Their “lack of respect for humanity” prompted Mexican rock band Mana to include President George W. Bush, Hugo Chavez of Venezuela and North Korea’s Kim Jong II in their latest video, “Arde el cielo” (Heaven’s burning).

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced this week that one jalapeño sample is a positive genetic match with the Salmonella Saintpaul strain causing the current Salmonella outbreak.