In San Antonio, tears, prayers and rain at a vigil for migrants who died in a sweltering trailer

Mourners held their phones with the flashlights on in place of candles during a vigil Tuesday for the migrants found dead in an abandoned tractor-trailer in San Antonio. (Credit: Kylie Cooper/The Texas Tribune)

SAN ANTONIO — Dozens of people stood in a circle in Pearsall Park on Tuesday with their cellphone lights playing the role of candles.

Some gave speeches on a microphone that didn’t always pick up all of their words — which at times were drowned out by rain and thunder. Others listened while trying to hold back tears.