A former Texas man pleaded guilty in federal court for his part in a drug trafficking operation that included sales in Monroe and Northampton counties.

The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania said Jose Gomez, 46, formerly of Garland, Texas, pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Scranton, before Senior U.S. District Judge Edwin M. Kosik, to the charge of conspiracy to distribute cocaine. He was sentenced to serve 36 months in prison.Gomez admitted to participating in a drug-trafficking conspiracy which obtained cocaine in Texas and distributed the cocaine in Monroe and Northampton counties in 2011.Gomez, who is originally from the Dominican Republic, also faces deportation proceedings.The investigation was conducted by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Stroud Area Regional Police Department, and the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigations.