Ah - that part I knew (except maybe for hunting the people down afterwards) although my understanding is that a great many did it voluntarily.
One thing I’m fuzzy on is why he did it. I believe he was being investigated but if he was a socialist operative you’d think he’d send his people to war first before ritual suicide.
The Left tried holding out hope for decades that Jones was really a CIA plot to try to besmirch the Socialist movements in America.
He had his men Kill congressman, Leo Ryan, so he knew it was coming down.