FDI in Mexico in 2009 drops by 50% from 2008: What to do?

FT's Adam Thompson cites a UN study showing that Mexico has dropped out of the top 20 destinations for foreign direct investment.

With the safety valve of emigration closing month-by-month, what can Mexico's federal and state governments do to attract more investment? Bombardier's happen once in a generation (viz Queretaro). It is the medium-size foreign enterprises that struggle with bureaucratic jungles and CFE.

The one industry that offers seemingly unlimited job opportunities is the one that Mexico is trying to shut down: the narco-cartels.