sentences:  According to the newspaper "El Tiempo," one of the paramilitary leaders involved, Rodrigo Tovar Pupo, sought to achieve total power in the Atlantic Coast and eventually over Colombia.To achieve this, he and other paramilitary leaders contacted politicians both before, during and after the AUC demobilizations.In 2001, some 32 people, including members of congress, politicians, paramilitary leaders and others, met at Santa Fe de Ralito in order to sign a secret document known as the Pact of Paramillo Knot or as the "Pact of Ralito".