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At 97, matador at heart, journalist by trade

Sylvain Estibal 30 October 2015

Having covered bullfighting for more than seven decades, AFP's Mexico journalist Don Neto can tell you pretty much anything about the tradition. And at 97 years old, he shows no signs of slowing down. Bureau chief Sylvain Estibal reports on a living legend who has worked through 21 Mexican president, 17 US presidents and 14 AFP bureau chiefs.

Bond. Photographer Bond.

Leon Neal 28 October 2015

So you think James Bond is happy being 007? Think again. AFP's Leon Neal has learned his secret.

On El Chapo's trail

Daphne Lemelin 28 October 2015

When the Mexican military launched a raid in the remote mountains in northwest Mexico recently as part of its hunt to recapture fugitive drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, hundreds of civilians fled what they called “a rain of bullets” from the marine helicopters.

Video journalist Daphne Lemelin reports on what an AFP team found when it went to investigate.

Becoming an unwitting part of the story

Daphné Rousseau 26 October 2015

In her two years working as an AFP correspondent based in Jerusalem, Daphne Rousseau has gotten used to covering attacks. Then one day she unwittingly became part of the story.

Leaving in a Spanish state of mind

Roland Lloyd Parry 22 October 2015

Roland Lloyd Parry is leaving in a Spanish state of mind after a four-year assignment in Madrid.

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