The 1993 Waco Siege

In 1993, agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) attempted to serve an arrest warrant on David Koresh at Mount Carmel approximately 13 miles northeast of Waco. The events that followed became known as the Waco Siege, the most controversial clash between U. S. Law enforcement agents and American citizens to date. But what happened on that fateful day of April 19, 1993? What were the events that led up to the final confrontation? And what have we learned?