- Another bloody Waco-type situation is
brewing in the sleepy Texas town of Eldorado, according to Randy Mankin,
former city manager and publisher of the town's newspaper.
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- Mankin said the controversy surrounds
the nation's largest polygamist sect and its leader, Warren Jeffs, who
was recently put on the FBI's 10 most wanted list for allegedly abusing
and raping a child.
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- The story broke nationwide Monday when
the FBI announced a nationwide manhunt for Jeffs, who arrived in Eldorado
two years ago, relocating from Utah with his group of more than 400.
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- "Nobody has seen Jeffs and we a
re not sure if he is inside the compound," said Mankin when he appeared
Monday on Greg Szymanski's radio show, The Investigative Journal. "The
64,000 questions are why they came here, where did the money come to but
more than 1,600 acres, as well as constructing an enormous, 25,000 square
foot, five-story white temple that looks bigger than the Mormon Temple
in Utah."
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- Mankin said the scenario building resembles
Waco, hoping tensions will not build like they did in 1993 when authorities
stormed David Koresh's Branch Davidian compound, leaving about 80 dead.
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- "I pray it doesn't come to that,"
said Mankin, who added it's the biggest story his town has ever seen. "I
haven't seen a build-up of law enforcement, but the actions of those inside
the compound have been very secretive."
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