The raid quickly went awry, leaving four ATF agents and eight Davidians dead. CBS’s “60 Minutes” disclosed that ATF agents said “the initial attack on that cult in Waco was a publicity ...

and was killed in April 1993 by government agents during a raid on his Waco, Tx. compound following a 51-day standoff with the FBI and ATF. Three decades after the tragedy, its few survivors ...

AP Photo/Waco Tribune Herald ; Greg Smith/CORBIS ... Mount Carmel compound burns to the ground during the 1993 raid by the ATF outside of Waco, Texas.

It was one of the largest law enforcement operations in the U.S. at the time. In interviews with WFAA-TV, a former ATF agent and FBI analyst recalled the harrowing raid and subsequent standoff. There ...

Americans were glued to their televisions in 1993, as federal law enforcement officials engaged in a 51-day standoff with a heavily armed Christian sect, the Branch Davidians, outside Waco ... Why did ...

WACO, Texas — Thirty-two years ago ... It was February 28, 1993, when federal agents tried to raid the Branch Davidian compound. What followed was a 51-day standoff between the FBI and a ...

Donation Options Search Search Search The Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas ... Nevertheless, the ATF went ahead with the raid, with 100 agents engaging in a furious shootout with cult ...

In February 1993, agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) descended on the Branch Davidians’ compound outside of Waco, Texas, ready to raid their property for ...

In February 1993, agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) descended on the Branch Davidians’ compound outside of Waco, Texas, ready to raid their property for weapons ...