The Waco siege occurred over 51 days between February and April 1993 when Mount Carmel Centre, a compound belonging to the religious sect Branch Davidians, was surrounded by U.S. law enforcement, and the military. The authorities suspected the group of stockpiling illegal weapons and had obtained a search warrant for the compound and arrest warrants for the group’s leader David Koresh and other group members. The standoff began when the authorities attempted to raid the ranc