Gerardo Moncada (died 1992), also known as Kiko was a high ranking member of the Medellín cartel.
Moncada and his partner Fernando Galeano took control over drug production and distribution after Carlos Lehder's arrest in 1984. After their leader Pablo Escobar's arrest in June 1991, Moncada and Galeano were given control of day-to-day operations, but were also levied a high war tax. The duo were disappointed with the tax, but still continued to show their loyalty to Escobar. They negotiated over the control of Los Angeles with the Cali cartel.
In 1992, one of Escobar's lieutenants Velasco received a pile of cash from a farmer, who alleged it was found buried in land owned by Galeano and Moncada in Rionegro. A similar amount of cash was lost by the duo earlier, and Velasco deduced that they were stealing from Escobar. On July 22, Escobar summoned Moncada and Galeano to his private prison, and interrogated them. While Galeano and Moncada pleaded innocence, Escobar noted that he heard Gerardo's wife Judy complained about the war tax. Escobar also felt that his guards no longer respected him, so he decided to kill Moncada and Galeano. Escobar beat Galeano to death with a cue stick, and had his men kill Moncada, dismember him and burn his body limbs in an oven.
Moncada's death eventually led to the downfall of Escobar. After news of Escobar killing his men inside the private prison broke out, the government was forced to surround the prison and force Escobar into another public prison. Escobar escaped the government siege, and remained on the run till his death in December 1993. Gerardo's death also resulted in Diego Murillo Bejarano, Escobar's head of security, and Jaime Mendoza, Gerardo's brother-in-law breaking away from the cartel along with Gerardo's vengeful wife Judy Moncada. The trio, with help from the Cali cartel and the Autodefensas Campesinas de Córdoba y Urabá and indirectly from the CIA and DEA, formed the Los Pepes paramilitary group to hunt down and kill Escobar and his associates.