Santo Domingo, Apr 13, 2009 (EFE via COMTEX) -- A Haitian man was beheaded by five of his countrymen during a fight in Mao, a city in the northwestern Dominican Republic, police said Monday. Ronaldo Dolville was killed Sunday in Mao, which is on the border with Haiti. Investigators are still trying to determine the motive for the fight, police said. Dolville's suspected killers managed to get away and are being sought by authorities, police said.

Dominican officials estimate that around 1 million Haitians live in the country, most of them illegal immigrants who work in agriculture and construction. The Dominican Republic and Haiti share the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, with Haiti in the western portion. Though both countries are poor, Haiti is destitute, and Haitians cross the border to do work that many Dominicans will not do, such as harvesting sugar cane.

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