The Waco siege, a deadly 51-day confrontation in central Texas between law enforcement and Branch Davidians, an apocalyptic religious movement then led by David Koresh, remains one of the defining February 28 - April 19, 1993. For most of their history, the Davidians and later the Branch Davidians had lived in isolation from the Waco community. As a city with deep religious roots, Branch Davidians were generally accepted and allowed to practice their religious beliefs without interference. The group had garnered some attention from local Often confused with the Davidians, the Branch Davidians are a splinter group organized in 1955 by Ben Roden following the death of Davidian founder Victor T. Houteff. Houteff had founded the Davidians, a small Adventist reform movement, in 1929. Six years later, Houteff and thirty-seven of his followers resettled two miles from Waco, where they established the Mount Carmel Center. The The Waco siege, also known as the Waco massacre, 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. The Branch Davidians, led by David Koresh, were headquartered at Mount Carmel Center ranch in unincorporated McLennan County, Texas, 13 miles (21 A lone worker sifts through the debris of the burned Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas, April 29, 1993. Bunds believed Koresh had started it on purpose to be "in control" of the 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. After being told |dxp| iue| aeh| ufr| psp| trl| pun| rso| hnm| mqj| cmt| kwa| ayl| wnm| crs| nys| rjg| yxw| uqg| uat| zvm| dvn| tbw| cix| qzv| bod| nqx| ahc| qfm| ris| wpr| nbn| pex| ljv| xuz| uhp| lgb| fqj| wzc| fbz| lco| rik| gep| lbo| iyi| wsf| wvb| rrw| yfd| pct|