Justin Bieber and his entourage were asked to leave the Mayan archaeological site of Tulum after he apparently tried to climb onto or among the ruins.
Bieber was visiting the seaside ruins on Thursday when the incident occurred.
A Mexican official could not specify which of the site's structures Bieber allegedly had climbed, but said he was "asked to leave."
Visitors can climb some pre-Hispanic pyramids in Mexico, but officials rope off or place 'no entry' signs on some ruins that are considered vulnerable or unstable.
Bieber has apparently been on vacation in the Tulum area, on Mexico's Caribbean coast south of Cancun, for several days.
Despite the singer's reputation for getting out of line, the representative of a native Maya ecotourism camp that Bieber visited near Tulum several days before described him as "completely respectful."
Nathalie Leño, the spokeperson for AllTournative, a cooperative effort with Maya communities at a camp called the Jungla Maya Park, said Bieber visited on 5 January and "expressed a lot of interest in the work we do to preserve the environment."
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