The 15-year-old shooter of Colombian presidential candidate Miguel Uribe, who was attacked in June and died in August, has been sentenced to seven years in juvenile detention.
The teenager shot the right-wing politician in the head during a campaign event in Bogota.
He “must remain in a specialised care centre deprived of liberty”, prosecutors said in a statement.
The teen was charged with attempted murder and illegal possession of weapons.
Colombian law does not permit modifying charges after a minor defendant has accepted them.
Uribe, a 39-year-old opposition legislator, underwent multiple surgeries during two months in an intensive care unit in Bogota, and died of a cerebral haemorrhage on 11th August.
The attack echoed the worst years of political violence in Colombia, where five presidential candidates were shot in the second half of the 20th century.
Videos of the 7th June attack show Uribe speaking at a rally in a working-class neighbourhood of Bogota before gunshots were heard.
The bloodied candidate collapsed amid the screams of hundreds of supporters.
The minor shot Uribe three times, including twice in the head, before the candidate’s bodyguards were able to wound and detain the shooter.
Five others, all adults have been arrested and charged with aggravated homicide in connection to the attack.
Authorities have not determined who ordered the attack or why.
