The saga at Mt. Carmel began on February 28, 1993, when agents from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) attempted to serve a warrant at the compound.

The ATF began investigating Koresh and the Branch Davidians in May 1992, believing the group had illegally manufactured weapons and destructive devices like machine guns, bombs and grenades. After ...

On April 19th, they got their answer. Around 6:30 a.m., FBI tanks began driving their gun barrels directly through the walls of Mount Carmel, pumping hundreds of rounds of tear gas inside.

The standoff concluded with a tragic fire The Mount Carmel compound burning in Waco. On April 19, the FBI finally raided the compound, backed by armored tanks.

WACO, Texas — Mount Carmel was said to be warzone exactly 30 years ago. The 1993 events at the Mount Carmel Center would be known as the Branch Davidian Siege. It was 51 days long and resulted ...

A 51-day confrontation between the FBI and the Branch Davidians – a small offshoot of the Seventh Day Adventists – came to a tragic end outside Waco, Texas on April 19, 1993. The trouble started on ...

She hired Mr DeGuerin. He was the first outsider to pass through the security cordon and enter the Mount Carmel compound, where the Davidians were holed up.

This 1998 file photo shows Branch Davidian leader David Koresh in a police line-up following a gun battle with former Davidians ; The Branch Davidians' Mount Carmel compound burns to the ground ...

So on April 19, 1993, ATF agents rammed their tanks against the compound and deployed military tear gas after learning that the Davidians had planned to hold out for a year, per Frontline.