A Las Cruces couple suspected of smoking methamphetamine and heroin in their home have been charged with child abuse after their 7-month-old daughter tested positive for the drugs.
Eric Guerrero, 24, and Vydelya Monjaras, 20, are each charged with one count of child abuse, a third-degree felony.
Las Cruces police detectives learned that the state’s Children, Youth and Families Department has been monitoring the parenting of Monjaras since at least February 2017. Investigators learned that Monjaras tested positive for methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin codeine, morphine and heroin metabolite on Aug. 25 and Guerrero tested positive for the same drugs on Sept. 8.
The couple’s 7-month-old daughter was also tested for drugs and her results came back positive for heroin and methamphetamine.
Guerrero and Monjaras were arrested Friday, Sept. 22, and booked into the Dona Ana County Detention Center where they are initially held without bond.
The couple’s infant daughter was placed into the custody of CYFD.
Information from Las Cruces Police