Complex sentence: This group also infiltrated Colombian politics and government at all levels and according to the Colombian newspaper El Tiempo, the paramilitary leader Rodrigo Tovar Pupo pretended to achieve total power over Colombia.
Split into simpler sentences: This group also infiltrated Colombian politics and government at all levels. According to the Colombian newspaper El Tiempo, the paramilitary leader Rodrigo Tovar Pupo pretended to achieve total power over Colombia.