Che Guevara in the Congo, former Zaire in addition to getting involved in the organization of guerrilla groups in Guinea-Bissau for the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde. Colomé participated in the location of military and intelligence devices in South Yemen and Somalia, in addition to fulfilling infiltration and combat missions from Mexico and Central America to Venezuela. He was Division Chief in the Eastern Army, participating in Operation Mambí in 1968. He organized the Northern Army Corps in Holguín until his appointment as Head of the Directorate of Military Counterintelligence. In 1972, he was appointed Vice Minister of the Armed Forces with powers to replace Minister Raúl Castro in his absence. In 1975, on the death of Raúl Díaz-Argüelles in Angola, he was sent to combat replacing him against South African forces and UNITA. In 1976 he was Military Chief of all Cuban troops in Angola. Colomé was Head of the 10th. Directorate of Military Intelligence. He was in charge of the espionage carried out between the socialist countries and members of NATO. Colomé Ibarra was in charge of carrying out the investigations and arrests in the case of General Arnaldo Ochoa Sánchez. After the trial against General José Abrantes, he was appointed Minister of the Interior until October 26, 2015, when he requested his resignation, in a letter sent to President Raúl. The Council of State agreed to award him with the First Degree Order for the Service to the Fatherland for his standard career. See also Ministry of the Interior of Cuba References Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Cuba Commanados Bare Death Plot, 28 April 1964 El Nuevo Herald; PURGA MASIVA EN LA HABANA SALEN DEL POLITBURO ROCA, VALDES, DEL VALLE Y GARCIA; 8 February 1986. El Pais; Detenidos cinco ex altos cargos cubanos por no combatir el narcotráfico: El ex ministro del Interior, acusado de corrupción; 8 January 1989. The Miami Herald; NEW MINISTER RANKS JUST BEHIND TWO CASTROS; 30 June 1989; Page 10 A. The Washington Post; Castro Fires Top Official For Security;Cuban Drug Scandal Claims Interior Chief, 30 June 1989, Page A25. El Nuevo Herald; Abelardo Colomé Ibarra; 29 September 1999, page 27A Philadelphia Inquirer; Raul Castro has his fans, also, Fidel Castro's brother, filling in as president, can count on a network of loyal military officers; 14 August 2006. La Jornada (Mexico); Abelardo Colomé, líder histórico que al parecer se mantendrá