Spring breakers chant 'Build that wall!' during Cancun cruise

Students on spring break party on the beach in the resort city of Cancun, Mexico, in this 2010 file photo. Students on spring break party on the beach in the resort city of Cancun, Mexico, in this 2010 file photo. Photo: Israel Leal, STR Photo: Israel Leal, STR Image 1 of / 44 Caption Close Spring breakers chant 'Build that wall!' during Cancun cruise 1 / 44 Back to Gallery

A Mexican newspaper condemned American spring breakers who reportedly chanted "Build that wall!" during a family show on a tourist ship off Cancun.

In an editorial Friday, the Yucatan Times called the singing during a "Pirate Ship" attraction an act of "xenophobia and discrimination against Mexicans within their own country." The newspaper added that the "racist hymn" wasn't an isolated incident and that numerous complaints about spring breakers have been lodged by Mexican tourist industry workers.

The paper referred to a social media post by Anaximandro Amable, a Peruvian who was aboard the ship:

"Today I was with Suly, my wife (who is a native of Mexico), watching an entertainment show off the coast of Cancun aboard a boat, and at the end of the show, a flock of Americans (maybe under the influence of alcohol, or maybe not), began to sing the infamous 'Build that wall' chant louder and louder'."

Mexican tourists aboard the ship reportedly complained about the singing, but the spring breakers did not stop.

There are at least two "pirate ship" tours operating out of Cancun — The Jolly Roger and The Captain Hook — which offer buffet meals and staged battles during dinner cruises. It was not clear which one Amable was referring to.