28, 1993. The Branch Davidians, led by religious cult leader David Koresh, were suspected of stockpiling illegal weapons. It was one of the largest law enforcement operations in the U.S. at the time.
Thirty years ago on 19 April, 1993, a huge fire engulfed the Mount Carmel Center compound 13 miles outside of Waco, Texas ... led by 33-year-old David Koresh, was hoarding weapons to prepare ...
It was she, alongside colleague Mark England at the Waco Tribune Herald, who was first to fully expose the full extent of what David Koresh was doing at his commune outside the city. Their article ...
Mount Carmel, the site of David Koresh’s commune ... they saw as the fatal excess of the government in dealing with the Waco situation. But Mount Carmel also has a deeply emotional lure.
The harrowing true story of the 1993 standoff between the FBI, ATF and the Branch Davidians, a spiritual sect led by David Koresh in Waco, TX that resulted in a deadly shootout and fire.