United States v. Jaime Castillo Brad Eugene Branch Renos Lenny Avraam Graeme Leonard Craddock Kevin A. Whitecliff

EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:

Jaime Castillo, Brad Eugene Branch, Renos Lenny Avraam, Graeme Leonard Craddock, and Kevin A. Whitediff (“the defendants”) appeal their convictions and sentences under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1). We affirm.

I

The defendants are Branch Davidians convicted for, among other things, violating 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1) based on their involvement in the events that occurred at the Mount Carmel compound near Waco, Texas, in early 1993. 1 At the time of the defendants’ conviction, § 924(c)(1) stated:

Whoever, during and in relation to any crime of violence or drug trafficking crime…