Doris Aleman-Bonilla is expected to plead guilty Monday in federal court to a lesser immigration charge after two hung juries and six months in jail.

Aleman-Bonilla, 30, of Honduras, was charged with illegal re-entry, a felony, after a Border Patrol agent and an Oswego County sheriff’s deputy pulled over her car and arrested her in April.

Aleman-Bonilla fought the charge at trial – first in July and again last week. Two juries of 12 people failed to come to consensus.

Jurors in the second trial were split 8-4 in finding against the government in an acquittal, two jurors told syracuse.com.

Still, Acting U.S. Attorney John Sarcone told Judge Elizabeth Coombe after the second hung jury that he would try a third time to prosecute Aleman-Bonilla, who lived in Fulton. A new trial was

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