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The deaths of 76 Branch Davidians in April 1993 could have been avoided – so why didn't anyone care?

  • Written by Catherine Wessinger, Rev. H. James Yamauchi, S.J. Professor of the History of Religions, Loyola University New Orleans
Fire engulfs the Branch Davidian residence near Waco, Texas on April 19, 1993Ron Heflin/AP Photo

Twenty-five years ago, on February 28, 1993, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents attempted to execute a “dynamic entry” into the home of a religious community at Mount Carmel, a property 10 miles east of Waco, Texas.

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