Remembering The 51 Day Standoff In Waco, Texas – 25 Years Later

Another Group Emerges

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With the increasingly aggressive tactics, Koresh then ordered another group of followers to leave the compound. Eleven people left and were immediately arrested as material witnesses, and one with conspiracy to murder. However, the negotiators were stupified by the willingness of the children inside of the building to stay back with Koresh, as they were expecting that many of them would have been eager to get out. It also didn’t help that they knew if they left they were more likely to be arrested, separated, and questioned for information.