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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 ...
The New Mount Carmel Center was a large group of buildings used by the Branch Davidian religious group located near Axtell, Texas, 20 miles (32 km) north-east of Waco.The Branch Davidians were established by Benjamin Roden in 1959 as a breakaway sect from Davidian Seventh-day Adventists, and was later led by David Koresh starting in the 1980s.
It was now summer 1981, and Koresh's next move was to Waco, Texas, where he joined the Branch Davidians (splinter group of Davidian Seventh-Day Adventist.) [23] Benjamin Roden, who died in 1978, [24] had originated the Branch group in 1955 with new teachings that were not connected with the original Davidians.
Showtime's "Waco: Aftermath" explores what happened after David Koresh and the Branch Davidians' 51-day siege against the US government.
Thirty years ago, America's collective gaze was locked on a small compound in Waco, Tex. where federal agents were locked in a tense stand-off with the Branch Davidians and their enigmatic leader ...
Over the course of 51 days, from Feb. 28 to April 19, 1993, various U.S. federal government agencies were in a tragic and violent standoff with the religious group, Branch Davidians led by cult ...
Waco: American Apocalypse is an American documentary television miniseries about the Waco siege in 1993 between the US federal government and the Branch Davidians, led by David Koresh. It was released on Netflix on March 22, 2023, coinciding with the 30th anniversary of the siege.
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