Man Gold Plates His Own Genitals To Death
- Publish date
- Thursday, 25 Jun 2015, 6:39AM

An L.A. gang member, Nazario Conchuza Gonzalez, has died of medical complications after attempting to gold plate his own genitals to celebrate his 17th birthday.
Nazario is part of the infamous Ms-13 gang and is believed to have attempted to gold plate his own genitals with a professional automotive gold plater stolen from a local garage after first painting his genitals with a lead-based paint.
The 17-year old man who was allegedly a fan of the 2002 American comedy movie Goldmember, had taken the Spanish nickname of “Pelotas de oro”, or golden testicles, before attempting to gold plate his own genitals..
Dr Ian Joseffson of the Los Angeles Community Hospital warns of a growing trend within gang members to attempt the “deadly operation” and says that it is "medically impossible".
“This is the third case this year, but we have had many occurrences in hospitals in the region these past years. It seems to be a growing trend within the gang member community” he told reporters.
“I have no idea where this idea comes from but plating one’s own genitals will only ultimately end in serious medical complications or even death, as we have seen in this case” he explained.