Here, member Gladys Ottman, 67, waves to the media as she leaves a federal courthouse in Waco, Texas on March 24, 1993. She had left the compound on a Sunday and was released from jail that Wednesday.

Fire consumes the Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas, during the FBI assault to end the standoff with cult leader David Koresh and his followers on April 19, 1993. Greg Smith/Corbis via ...

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 ...

Waco: American Apocalypse, directed by Tiller Russell, concentrates on the 1993 raid on the Branch Davidian compound, the fierce firefight on the first day, the standoff, and eventually ended with ...

In 1993 at least 75 members of the Branch Davidians sect died at their compound in Texas, after a 51-day standoff with the FBI. ... What the Waco Compound Became May Surprise You.

WACO, Texas (KTRK) -- In 1993, just off a country road outside of Waco, Texas, a tense standoff embroiled the nation. On one side, within the walls of a compound, were members of the Branch ...

A ntigovernment militias have made “Waco” a code word for federal overreach. Even before the fiery end of the 1993 siege at the Branch Davidians’ compound south of Dallas, where David Koresh ...

Background on the Waco Siege. Author Jeff Guinn provided an overview of what occurred at the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, TX in 1993 between David Koresh, his followers, and the ATF.

During March and April 1993, the FBI conducted a siege of the compound, and the standoff lasted 51 days. When federal agents attempted to end the siege on April 19, 1993, fires broke out in the ...

Between February 28 and April 19, 1993, federal agents, the U.S. military and Texas law enforcement laid siege to the compound of the Branch Davidians, a Christian sect led by cult figure Koresh ...

A National Guard helicopter flies past the burning Branch Davidian cult compound in Waco, Texas on 19 April 1993 (TIM ROBERTS/AFP via Getty Images) Your support helps us to tell the story.

The Texas and the ATF flags fly at half staff April 23, 1993, over the only structure left standing after a fire destroyed the the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas on April 19. J.