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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]
Jan 24, 2018 · The agents were attempting to arrest leader David Koresh and raid the group’s 77-acre complex when they began to exchange heavy gunfire at the site.
Dec 19, 2017 · On February 28, 1993, some 80 agents from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) raided a religious compound at Mount Carmel, near Waco, Texas, after receiving reports that the...
David Koresh (/ k ə ˈ r ɛ ʃ /; born Vernon Wayne Howell; August 17, 1959 – April 19, 1993) was an American cult leader [2] who played a central role in the Waco siege of 1993. [3] [4] As the head of the Branch Davidians, a religious sect and offshoot of the Seventh-day Adventists, Koresh claimed to be its final prophet.
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 2, 2018 · The tragedy came to be known as the Waco massacre. Watch "Truth and Lies: Waco," the documentary event, on Thursday, Jan. 4 at 9 p.m. ET on ABC. Long before he became the prophet and leader of the Branch Davidians, Koresh was just a boy growing up in Texas.
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 31, 2018 · Koresh rose to power as a young man in the 1980s, in part by taking its leader, a woman in her 60s, as a lover. When she died in 1986 at 70, there was a power struggle between her son and Koresh.
www.npr.org · 2023/01/25 · 1151283229'Waco' author Jeff Guinn discusses the demagoguery of David ...
Jan 25, 2023 · Writer Jeff Guinn draws on new interviews with federal agents and surviving Branch Davidians in his account of the confrontation, which left scores of people dead, including more than 20 children.
FRONTLINE investigates the April 1993 FBI siege of the Branch Davidian compound at Waco, Texas. With access to secret government documents, audio and videotapes, correspondent Peter Boyer of...
