Groups battling for control of Waukegan’s Fiestas Patrias fest: ‘This event does not belong to anyone, it belongs to the Hispanic community’

While the Fiestas Patrias group led by Margaret Carrasco was in the process of meeting the city’s requirements to file an application for a permit, another group — Puro Futbol headed by Oscar Zepeda — submitted a complete application for the Sept. 17 date.