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The Waco siege, also known as the Waco massacre, [7] [8] [9] [10] was the siege by U.S. federal government and Texas state law enforcement officials of a compound belonging to the religious cult known as the Branch Davidians between February 28 and April 19, 1993. [11]
Waco siege, a 51-day standoff between Branch Davidians and federal agents that ended on April 19, 1993, when the religious group’s compound near Waco, Texas, was destroyed in a fire. Nearly 80 people were killed.
Dec 19, 2017 · The Waco Siege was a 51-day standoff between federal agents and members of a millennial Christian sect called the Branch Davidians at a Texas compound in 1993.
Jan 24, 2018 · By Melissa Chan. January 24, 2018 9:00 AM EST. T he standoff between federal agents and the Branch Davidians outside Waco, Texas, dominated headlines for months. The siege left 75 people –...
Apr 13, 2018 · The Texas town of Waco has, for many Americans, become synonymous with tragedy—ever since the 51-day Waco siege in 1993 between the federal government and an extremist religious sect called...
Mar 22, 2023 · The Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas, explodes in a burst of flames on April 19, 1993, ending the standoff between cult leader David Koresh and his followers and the FBI.
Apr 19, 2018 · The 1993 media coverage of the Waco massacre — which depicted Koresh as a single-minded genius exerting power over his fellow Branch Davidians via mind control — has by now become the defining...
Jan 3, 2018 · Life inside apocalyptic religious sect involved in 1993 Waco siege. The siege began on Feb. 28, 1993, when 76 agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms arrived at the Mount Carmel Center compound with a search warrant to look for illegal weapons.
Apr 19, 2023 · Flames engulf the Branch Davidian compound April 19, 1993 in Waco, Tex. Eighty-one Davidians, including leader David Koresh, perished as federal agents tried to drive them out of the compound.
Jan 25, 2023 · David Ake | AFP via Getty Images) In the winter and spring of 1993, more than 80 people, including four federal agents and at least 20 children, died in two violent confrontations between...
