sentences:  According to the "Statesman Journal", for more than seven decades, the PRI ran Mexico under an "autocratic, endemically corrupt, crony-ridden government".The elites of the PRI ruled the police and the judicial system, and justice was only available if purchased with bribes.During its time in power, the PRI became a symbol of corruption, repression, economic mismanagement, and electoral fraud; many educated Mexicans and urban dwellers worried that its return could signify a return to Mexico's past.